| George G. Carey - 1825 - 274 σελίδες
...still be in the plane of the circle. 8. Degrees, fyc. — All circles, whether great or small, are 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, &c.f 9.... | |
| Thomas Keith - 1826 - 504 σελίδες
...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 angles are... | |
| Thomas Keith - 1826 - 360 σελίδες
...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 extent,... | |
| James M'Intire - 1826 - 234 σελίδες
...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... | |
| Robert Simson - 1827 - 546 σελίδες
...meeting BA, BC, in A, C ; the arch AC is called the measure of the angle ABC. II. The circumference of a 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,... | |
| Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1828 - 426 σελίδες
...7. The right lines, A, C, I,, and B, C, E, divide the circle inUlour equal parts called quadrants. The circumference of every circle, is supposed to...into 360 equal parts, called degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds; and these... | |
| Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 σελίδες
...greater part are poor and destitute. • ANGLE, a corner, formed usually by the meeting of two lines. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees. A semi-circle, of course, contains li!0 degress, and a quadrant, or quarter of a circle, contains SO... | |
| Thomas Kerigan - 1828 - 776 σελίδες
...equator, like all other great circles, is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes } each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds, and so on. The Meridian, of any place on the earth is a great circle passing through that place and... | |
| John Bonnycastle - 1829 - 256 σελίδες
...is called the hypothenuse; and the other two sides are called legs. PRACTICAL GEOMETRY. 21 D / -E B *47. The circumference of every circle is supposed...into 360 equal parts, called degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and so on. 48. The measure of any right-lined angle is an arc... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 σελίδες
...and the oilier two sides are called the LEGS, or sometimes the base and perpendicular. Fig. 10. 40. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called DEGREES, and each degree into sixty MIMUTES, each minute into sixty SECOND, and so on. Hence a semicircle contains... | |
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