 | Francis Joseph Grund - 1830 - 274 pages
...arcs of circles, described with any radius between their legs. The circumference is for this purpose divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes; each minute again into 60 equal parts, called seconds, &c. 16. The magnitude of an angle does not depend... | |
 | Alexander Ingram - 1830 - 458 pages
...is called a Quadrant; and if half a right angle, it is called an Octant. NOTE 2. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and a degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and a minute into 60 seconds, and so on. NOTE 3.... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - 1830 - 344 pages
...of trigonometrical calculations, the circumference of the circle is conceived to be divided into 36O equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. The semicircumference, or the measure of two right angles,... | |
 | George Crabb - 1830 - 438 pages
...circumference; the segment of a circle is a part cut off by a liue called the chord. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, every degree into 60 parts called minutes, and every minute into 60 parts called seconds. Solids are... | |
 | Abel Flint - 1830 - 322 pages
...divides the circle into two equal parts, called semicircles ; as AB or DE. Fig. 5. 14. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called... | |
 | Ira Wanzer - 1831 - 408 pages
...{he ^. Note 1. — This table is used by Astronomers, Navigators, &c. Note 2. — The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360...degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; each minute into 60 seconds, and each second into 60 thirds, &c. 16. Of Particulars. 12 Particular... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - 1831 - 394 pages
...measuring the latter, a circle is introduced. The periphery of every circle, whether great or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, each degree into 60 minutes, each minute into 60 seconds, each second into 60 thirds, &c, marked with the characters °,... | |
 | George Crabb - 1831 - 426 pages
...circumference; the segment of a circle is a part cut ofl' by a line called the chord. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, every degree into 60 parts, called minutes, and every minute into 60 parts, called seconds. Solids... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 650 pages
...poles. The brazen meridian is the circle in which the artificial globe turns, divided into 360 degrees. Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrttt, each degree into CO equal parts, called minutes, each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds,... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1831 - 312 pages
...Constellation, and near the star a. Each of the 12 signs of the zodiac is divided into 30 smaller partSj called degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 parts, called seconds. The division of the zodiac into signs, is of very ancient date,... | |
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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. 
