 | Augustus De Morgan - 1840 - 182 σελίδες
...square of the radius by 3-1415927. * The right angle is divided into 90 equal parts called degrees, each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. Thus, 2° 15' 40" means 2 degrees, 15 minutes, and 40 seconds. To find the area of a sector, very nearly,... | |
 | Augustus De Morgan - 1840 - 186 σελίδες
...square of the radius by 3-1415927. - The right angle is divided into 90 equal parts called degrea, each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seccnde. Thus, 2° 15' 40" means 2 degrees, 15 minutes, and 40 seconds. To find the area of a sector,... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1840 - 264 σελίδες
...angles. For this purpose it is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. The degrees, minutes, and seconds, are marked thus, °, ', " ; and 9° 18' 10", are read, 9 degrees,... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1835 - 388 σελίδες
...trigonometrical calculations, the circumference of the circle is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. PLANE TR16ONOMETRY. As the circumference of a circle maybe regarded as a proper measure of angles,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Edmands - 1841 - 88 σελίδες
...2. A DEGREE is the 360th part of a circle, and contains CPJ English miles ; each degree is divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. They are marked (°) degrees, (') minutes, (") seconds. The LONGITUDE of a place, is its distance from... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1841 - 324 σελίδες
...every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; and each degree into 0O equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds; and these into thirds, &c. Hence a semi-circle containi 180 degrees, and a quadrant 90 degrees. 15.... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1841 - 324 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 1 PLANET, from planao, G. to wander, means a celestial (4) body, which revolve* about the sun or other... | |
 | John Gregory - 1842 - 328 σελίδες
...derived from the division of a circle into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree being divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds, &c. As angles are proportional to the arcs on which they stand (33.6,) the subdivision of the circumference... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1855 - 340 σελίδες
...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 equal parts, called secondsTRIGONOMETRYDefinitions by the characters ° ' "- For example, ten degrees, eighteen minutes,... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - 1855 - 592 σελίδες
...longer than the sidereal. Kach day is divided into 24 equal parts, called hours ; each hour into GO equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and, according to the kind of day which is thus subdivided, we have mean solar, or sidereal time:... | |
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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, &c. 
