| Anthony Nesbit, W. Little - Measurement - 1822 - 916 pages
...part of a circle, as ADC. " *fi. A sector is any part of a circle bounded by an arc sad two radii. 47. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds,... | |
| Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...diameter is a straight line drawn through the centre from one side of the circumference to the other. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 minutes ; each minute into GO seconds. An arc of a circle is part of its circumference.... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 308 pages
...and in more modern times, Napier, the inventor of logarithms, and Briggs. In plane trigonometry, the circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; every degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; every minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds... | |
| John Imison - Art - 1822 - 488 pages
...radii and an arc, as BI K. (Fig. 19.) 38. The circumference of every circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and every degree into 60 parts, called minutes ; and every minute into 60 seconds. To measure the inclination... | |
| Anthony Nesbit - Surveying - 1824 - 476 pages
...part of a circle, as ADC. 46. A sector is any part of a circle bounded by an arc and two radii. 47. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.... | |
| Samuel Adams (servant.) - 1826 - 526 pages
...is J3. ,\ Gross is 12 Dozen, or 144 A Pace is 3 Feet or a Yard. Mathematicians conceive every Circle to be divided into 360 equal Parts, called Degrees, and each Degree into 60 equal parts, called Seconds, and each Second subdivided into 60 smaller parts, called thirds, and so on. The Diameter of... | |
| Thomas Keith - Navigation - 1826 - 504 pages
...thus the arc ac is the measure of the angle авс and the arc DE is the measure of the angle ABC. (H) The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. The... | |
| James M'Intire - Globes - 1826 - 234 pages
...which the sun describes by his annual progress in the heavens. The ecliptic cuts the equator in an •The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal jjarts, called degrees; each degree into sixty equal parts, called minutes; each minute into sixty... | |
| Thomas Keith - Globes - 1826 - 360 pages
...1820, is 14° 13' 7" ; and its declination 88° 20' 55" N. Connoissance des Terns, for 1820, p. 168. t Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees ; each minute, into 60 equal parts called seconds, &c. : (a degree therefore is of different lineal... | |
| James Ryan - Arithmetic - 1827 - 290 pages
...are there between the 17th of March and the 25th of December ? Ans. 283. Division of the Circle. 47. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees — each degree is subdivided into 60 equal parts called minutes — each minute into 60 equal parts... | |
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