 | Ellen Eliza Fitz - Globes - 1876 - 138 pages
...circumference of a circle is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees (marked °), each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ('), and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ("). Then the number of degrees, minutes, and seconds, in the arc intercepted by the sides of an angle,... | |
 | William Henry Rosser - 1877 - 158 pages
...r. The circumference of every 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; which are respectively marked ° ' ". (See p. 1, Table A.) Since the circumference of a circle contains... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Arithmetic - 1877 - 176 pages
...called a Diameter. 129. Every 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. TABLE. 60 seconds ( " ) =1 minute, ( ' ). 60 minutes =1 degree, (°). 30 degrees = 1 sign, s. 12 signs... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Physical geography - 1878 - 428 pages
...But no one can speak of " parallels of longitude," because these 1 Each degree of latitude is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. Degrees are represented by the symbol °, minutes by ', and seconds by ". Minutes and seconds of time... | |
 | Rolla Rouse - 1879 - 400 pages
...a circumference, the latter is taken 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 ; a right angle containing 90 degrees, and a semicircle 180 degrees. Degrees are marked °, minutes... | |
 | William Findlay Shunk - Railroad engineering - 1880 - 362 pages
...one-quarter of the circle, and is the measure of a right angle. Each degree is further divided into 00 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are denoted by the symbols °, ', ": thus the expression 7° 22' 33"... | |
 | Charles Davies - Surveying - 1883 - 578 pages
...convenience, the quadrant is divided into 90 equal parts, each of which is called a degree ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds, are denoted by the symbols °, ', ". Thus, the expression 7° 22' 33",... | |
 | Charles Davies, Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1885 - 538 pages
...convenience, the quadrant is divided into 90 equal parts, each of which is called a degree ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds, are denoted by the symbols °, ', ". Thus, the expression 7° 22' 33",... | |
 | Geography - 1885 - 150 pages
...Every circle is divided into 360 equal parts called degrees ; each degree is divided И" m' ... into GO equal parts called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. The smaller the circle, the short- 18g er are the degrees. Degrees DECREES OF THE CIRCLE. are marked... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1886 - 392 pages
...about a point in a plane is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees. Each degree is subdivided into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Likewise the circumference of a circle is divided into 3GO equal arcs, each corresponding to an angle... | |
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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, etc. 
