 | H. Curzon - 1712 - 596 σελίδες
...more than another. And an Oblique Angle is either Acute, (ie Sharp) or Obtufe, /'. e. Blunt. Every Circle is fuppofed to be divided into 360 equal Parts, called Degrees, and every Degree into 60 Minutes, and each Minute into 60 Seconds, &c. Some fuppofe every Degree to be... | |
 | John Ward - 1719 - 472 σελίδες
...ntceffarj to fremife, That I. The Periphery (or Circumference') of every Circle (whether Great or Small} is fuppofed to be Divided into 360 equal Parts, called Degrees ; And every one of thofe Degrees are Divided into 60 equal Parti called Minutes, &c. •: All Jnglet are... | |
 | E. S., Edmund Stone - 1721 - 60 σελίδες
...Arc$ whence the greateft Semitangent, or that of 1 80 Degrees, is infinite. The Circumference of every Circle is fuppofed to be divided into 360 equal Parts, called Degrees ; and each Degree in 60 equal Parts, called Minutes, &c. This Number was chofen by Geometricians for the Diviiion of... | |
 | Archibald Patoun - 1734 - 568 σελίδες
...Circle and Circumference into two equal Parts, and is double the Radius. 1 6. The Circumference of every Circle is fuppofed to be divided into 360 equal Parts, called Degrees ; and each Degree is divided into 60 equal Parts, called Minutes ; and each Minute into 60 e?ual Parts, called Seconds;... | |
 | Edmund Stone - 1746 - 62 σελίδες
...5 whence the greatefi Semitangent, or that of 180 Degrees, is infinite. The Circumference of every Circle is fuppofed to be divided into 360 equal Parts, called Degrees ; and. each Degree into 60 equal Parts, called Minutes, &V. This Number was chofen by Geometricians for the Divifion of a Circle^... | |
 | Thomas Simpson - 1748 - 84 σελίδες
...the Circle, be fuppofed divided into fome afligned Number of equal Parts. 2. The Periphery of every Circle is fuppofed 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 Seconds, or fecond Minutes,... | |
 | Henry Wilson - 1761 - 580 σελίδες
...at a, is the Center of the Circle required. SECT. II. The ConftmSlion of Sines, Sec.' E VERY great Circle is (fuppofed to be) divided into 360 equal Parts, called Degrees, whereof the Half, or Semicircle, contains 180 Degrees, and the Quarter or Quadrant is 90 Degrees, and... | |
 | John Ward - 1771 - 510 σελίδες
...of this Problem, RN: SN::RA: Г A. And RN : RS : : RA : RT= the Secant of that Arch. DEF INITIONS. Circle is fuppofed 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 Seconds, &c. Any Portion... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1784 - 462 σελίδες
...BC : the arc b c. Which was tobe proved. Scholium. In the practical admeafurement of angles, every circle is fuppofed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, which degrees are again divided each into 60 equal parts called minutes, and thofe minutes again each... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - 1791 - 578 σελίδες
...Degree is the ßooth Part of the Circumference of any Circle. All Circles, whether great or fmall, are divided into 360 equal Parts, called Degrees ; and each Degree into 60 equal Parts, called Minutes ; and each Minute into 60 equal Parts called Seconds, &c. A Semicircle... | |
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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 seconds ; and these into thirds, etc. 
