 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Clement Mackrow - 1879 - 552 pages
...right angle is supposed to be divided into 90 equal parts, each of which parts is termed a degree ; each degree is divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute is divided into 60 equal parts, called seconds. To express the measure of an angle in degrees and decimal... | |
 | 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"... | |
 | New Sydenham Society, Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick - Biology - 1882 - 872 pages
...Quality ; rank ; station. The 360th part of a circle ; each part or degree is supposed to be farther divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. Also, the division or interval marked on a thermometer, or other instrument, for measurement.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Findlay Shunk - Railroad engineering - 1886 - 376 pages
...which inclndes one-quarter of the circle, and is the measure of a right angle. Each degree is further divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are denoted by the symbols °, 1, ": thus the expression 7° 221 33"... | |
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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. 
