| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1843 - 320 σελίδες
...degrees, the whole circle of the Zodiac.' 75. Every circle, whether the greatest or least possible, is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal 2 LATITUDE, from latus, L. side, means the distance North or South of the equator; (5) breadth; room;... | |
| Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1844 - 356 σελίδες
...globe. One is the north, and the other the south pole ; and they are each 90 degrees from the equator. 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 secotuls.... | |
| Enoch Lewis - 1844 - 234 σελίδες
...What an arc lacks of a semicircle, is called its supplement. Thus BHD is the supplement of AB. 10. 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, &c.... | |
| William Phillips - 1844 - 832 σελίδες
...which they consist. In measuring angles, the circle is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 seconds : the divisions being thus designated : 360°, 60', GO". If one fourth part of the circle,... | |
| John Hunter - 1852 - 184 σελίδες
...the Gregorian scheme is called, is now 12 days before the Old or Julian Style. ANGCLAR MEASURE. — The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 degrees (360°), each degree into 60 minutes (60'), and each minute into 60 seconds (60"). The French... | |
| Adrien Marie Legendre - 1852 - 436 σελίδες
...the six parts is given. 3. For the purpose of trigonometrical calculation, the circumference of the circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree is supposed to be divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60... | |
| Charles Davies - 1886 - 340 σελίδες
...the six parts is given. 21. For the purpose of trigonometrical calculation, the circumference of the circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree is supposed to be di. rided into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into... | |
| Charles Davies - 1852 - 412 σελίδες
...the six parts is given. 3. For the purpose of trigonometrical calculation, the circumference of the circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree is supposed . to be divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into... | |
| Thomas Kentish - 1852 - 272 σελίδες
...these problems repeated at the end of the Uses of the Slide Rule. TRIGONOMETRY. THE circumference of a circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 minutes; each minute into GO seconds; and so on. Degrees are marked... | |
| Charles Haynes Haswell - 1853 - 318 σελίδες
...that touches a circle without cutting it. A Cotangent is the tangent of the' complement of the arc. The Circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called Degrees ; each degree into 60 Minutes, and each minute into 60 Seconds, and BO on. The Complement of an angle... | |
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