| Hugh Murray - 1837 - 612 σελίδες
...sphere, 7916 miles in diameter, and consequently nearly 24,870 miles in circumference. In geometry, the circumference of every circle is supposed to be...divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each of these into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and so on. A degree, therefore, of any circle on the... | |
| James Thomson (LL.D.) - 1837 - 296 σελίδες
...is/img, while the months after it follow the rule. r 48 TABLES. TABLE OF THE DIVISION OF THE CIRCLE. 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; and each minute into 60 equal parts,... | |
| Charles Guilford Burnham - 1837 - 266 σελίδες
...ga\\on,galA quarters, 1 chaldron,c/(. XIV. Circular Measure* * " Every circle, without regard to its size, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and these again to be subdivided into minutes and seconds; so that the absolute quantity expressed by any... | |
| Thomas Holliday - 1838 - 404 σελίδες
...consist in the length of the lines which form it, but in their opening or inclination to each other. 2. 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 again into 60 equal parts, called... | |
| Charles Davies - 1838 - 292 σελίδες
...used in estimating latitude and longitude, and also in measuring the motions of the heavenly bodies. Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees. TABLE. 60 seconds " make 1 minute, marked '. 60 minutes - - 1 degree, - - °. * 30 degrees - - 1 sign,... | |
| Thomas Keith - 1839 - 498 σελίδες
...; thus the arc ac is the measure of the angle aBc, and the arc DE is the measure of the angle ABC. (56) 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... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - 1841 - 334 σελίδες
...by three letters, of which, one stands at the angular point, and the other two on the two sides, iv that which stands at the angular ^ J point, is read...minutes, each minute into 60 seconds ; and so on. Hence u semicircle contains 130 degrees, and a quadrant, 90 degrees. GEOMETRICAL PROBLEMS. PROBLEM L To divide... | |
| Charles Davies - 1852 - 344 σελίδες
...used in estimating latitude and longitude, and also in measuring the motions of the heavenly bodies. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. TABLE. 1. How many seconds... | |
| John Radford Young - 1852 - 230 σελίδες
...busheli, heaped measure; but heaped measure is now abolished. DIVISION op THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF A CIRCLE. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; these, of course, are longer or shorter, according as the circle is greater or less. Each degree is... | |
| Jeremiah Joyce - 1852 - 430 σελίδες
...measured by the arcs of a circle contained by the two legs, having the angular point for its centre. 4. 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.... | |
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