 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.  The Element of Geometry - Page 90by John Playfair - 1836 - 114 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Fenn - Mathematics - 1769 - 524 pages
...conceived to be divided into 360 equal parts, ivbicb are (ailed DEGREES ; and each of tbefe degrees into 60 equal parts, called MINUTES ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called SECONDS 6fr. in con/equence of this bypotheßs, У the correfpondence eßabliflied between the arches, У the... | |
 | Joseph Fenn - Mathematics - 1769 - 536 pages
...to be divided into 360 equal parts, -which are callea DEGREES ¡ and each of tbefe degrees into ¿o equal parts, called MINUTES ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called SECONDS &c. in confequence of ibis bypotheßs, У the correjpondence eßablijhed bet-ween the arches, У the angles,... | |
 | John Ward - Mathematics - 1771 - 510 pages
...RN: SN::RA: Г A. And RN : RS : : RA : RT= the Secant of that Arch. DEF INITIONS. Circle is fuppofed to be divided into 360 equal Parts called Degrees...each Minute into 60 equal Parts, called Seconds, &c. Any Portion of whc/e Circumference is called an Arch, and is mcaof Degrees it contains.' 2. A Chord... | |
 | John Wright (Mathematician) - Perspective - 1772 - 298 pages
...fuppofed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; each degree ifr fuppofed to be divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called feconds, &c. 5. Any angle HRB at the centre of a circle, is faid to be an angle of as many degrees,... | |
 | Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1775 - 534 pages
...meafure of the angle ABC. II. The circumference of a circle is fuppofed to be divided into H h ' 360 360 equal parts called degrees, and each degree into...60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 6e equal parts called feconds, &c. And as many degrees, minutes, feconds, &c as are contained in any... | |
 | Benjamin Donne - Geometry, Plane - 1775 - 338 pages
...Semicircle, or 2 Rt. ¿.s, and 90 Degrees a Quadrant, or Rt L. j) each Degree is fuppofed to be divided into 60 equal Parts, called Minutes, and each Minute into 60 equal Parts, called Seconds, &c. Hence it is plain, that in une' qual Circles, as well as in equal, equal Angles are fubtended by an... | |
 | Euclid - 1781 - 552 pages
...co-fucant of the angle rtionai between the tan.ngles HKB, ABC will \.E arc right ; therefore rill• 360 equal parts called degrees, and each degree into...minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called feconds, &c- And as many degrees, minutes, feconds, &c. as are contained in any arch, of fo many degref.s... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1791 - 578 pages
...Degree is the ßooth Part of the Circumference of any Circle. All Circles, whether great or fmall, are divided into 360 equal Parts, called Degrees ; and...each Minute into 60 equal Parts called Seconds, &c. A Semicircle is 180 Degrees, and a Quadrant contains 90 Degrees. A Right Angle contains 90 Degrees... | |
 | John McGregor (teacher of mathematics.) - Mathematics - 1792 - 532 pages
...It is divided into right-angled and oblique-angled trigonometry. The circumference of any circle, is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and...minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called féconds, and fo on. JVi/f, Degrees are frequently marked °, and minutes '. Thus, 30 degrees, 14 minutes,... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1795 - 384 pages
...; and is double the Radius, as AB cr DE. Fig. 8. 1 8. The Circumference of every Circle is fuppofed to be Divided into 360 equal Parts called Degrees,...and each Minute into 60 equal Parts called Seconds, and thefe into Thirds, Fourths, &c. thefe Parts being greater or lefs as the Radius is. 19. A Chord... | |
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