 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1871 - 392 pages
...whether the circle be 1vge or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal pwrtsf called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts, called...minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called èeconds. (g.) A degree is to be regarded simply as the 860th part of the circumference of the circle... | |
 | Charles Davies - Leveling - 1871 - 448 pages
...the quadrant is divided into 90 equal parts, each of which is called a degree; each degree 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",... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1871 - 490 pages
...quadrant is divided into 90 equal parts, each of which is called a degree / each degree into 60 equaF 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",... | |
 | André Darré - 1872 - 226 pages
...equal parts into which the circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided are called degrees ; each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called...and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. Symbols are used to express degrees, minutes, and seconds. Thus 57° 17' 45" means 57 degrees, 17 minutes,... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Geometry - 1872 - 262 pages
...The circumference of every circle is dividad into 360 equal parts, called degrees ( ° ), each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ( ' ), and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ( " ). 18. As angles at the centre valy as their arcs, or arcs as their corresponding angles, the measure... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1872 - 464 pages
...the quadrant is divided into 90 equal parts, each of which is called a degree / each degree into 80 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 a 22' 33",... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1874 - 332 pages
...of every circle may be divided into 360 equal parts, called Degrees (marked °). Each degree may be divided into 60 equal parts, called Minutes (') ;...and each minute into 60 equal parts, called Seconds ("). A circumference may also be divided into 12 equal parts, of 30 degrees each. These are called... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1874 - 500 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",... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
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Every circumference of a. circle, whether the circle be large or small, is supposed to be 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. 
