 | John William Norie - 1852 - 844 pàgines
...within the circumference. The circumference of every circle is usually supposed to be divided into 860 equal parts, called DEGREES ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called MINUTES ; each minute into 60 equal parts, called SECONDS ; and so on. Degrees, minutes, and seconds, are thus expressed,... | |
 | James B. Dodd - 1853 - 398 pàgines
...Circumference, and the Measure of Angles. § 393. The Circumference of every circle is conceived 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. Degrees, minutes, and seconds, are denoted thus... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - 1855 - 628 pàgines
...the purpose of comparing angles in this system of measurement, the entire circumference 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. The right angle contains 90 degrees. The radius... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1855 - 340 pàgines
...The circumference of a 'circle is used for the measurement of angles- For this purpose it is divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, each degree into 60 equal parts called ninutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called secondsThe degrees, minutes, and seconds are marked... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - 1855 - 592 pàgines
...purpose of comparing angles in this system of measurement, the entire circumference is divided into 300 equal parts, called degrees, each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. The right angle contains 90 degrees. The radius... | |
 | Hiram Mattison - 1856 - 254 pàgines
...sometimes called radiations or radiance. 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. They are marked respectively thus: Degrees (°),... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - 1857 - 608 pàgines
...purposes of trigonometrical computation, each quadrant or right angle is supposed to be divided into 90 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; so that a right angle contains 32400 seconds. The complement... | |
 | Bourdon (M., Louis Pierre Marie) - 1858 - 262 pàgines
...within, called the centre. In all the scientific works in this country, the circumference is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees (°) ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes (,); each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ("). This is called the sexagesimal division. When the French... | |
 | John Hymers - 1858 - 292 pàgines
...of being determined geometrically, and furnishes an invariable standard of angular measure) into 90 equal parts called degrees, each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds; then an angle is expressed by the number of degrees, minutes,... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit - 1859 - 494 pàgines
...which principally depend on the properties of the circle, and circular arcs. Every circle 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 by a sexigesimal division into thirds, fourths,... | |
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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 seconds. 
