 | John Tilden Prince - 1894 - 120 pages
...the North Temperate Zone ? What is its width in miles ? GEOMETRICAL EXERCISES AND MEASUREMENTS. 81 1. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute is divided into 60 equal parts called seconds. Fill out the following table : — seconds ( ") = 1... | |
 | John Tilden Prince - Arithmetic - 1895 - 358 pages
...miles ? 10. What is the width in degrees of the North Temperate Zone ? What is its length in miles ? 1. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute is divided into 60 equal parts called seconds. Fill out the following table : — • seconds ( " )... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - Surveying - 1896 - 592 pages
...same radius. Every circumference is regarded as being divided into 360 equal parts, culled degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. These divisions are indicated by the murks ° ' ". Thus 28 degrees, 17 minutes, and 49 seconds,... | |
 | Seymour Eaton - 1899 - 362 pages
...circle is called its circumference. The circumference is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 6O equal parts, called seconds. One-fourth of a circle is called a quadrant, or right angle, and is... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Bookkeeping - 1899 - 650 pages
...it, called the equator. The equator is divided into 360 equal parts called degrees (see Table XV) ; each degree is divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute is again divided into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Through each point of division a circle, called... | |
 | Eugene L. Dubbs - Arithmetic - 1901 - 462 pages
...line that bounds it. For purposes of measurement it is divided into 360 equal parts called degrees ; each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes ; and each minute into (J0 equal parts called seconds. 60 seconds (") = 1 minute . . . '. 60 minutes = 1 degree . . . °.... | |
 | American School (Lansing, Ill.) - Algebra - 1902 - 80 pages
...— 60. An angle of 45 degrees is measured by ^ of the circumference. 185. For accurate measurement each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes and each minute into 60 equal parts ('ailed seconds. The symbols of degrees, minutes and seconds are °, ', ", respectively. To express... | |
 | 1902 - 486 pages
...degrees, which means that it is ^Ytf = \ of a circumference. In order to obtain accurate measurements each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes and each minute is divided into 60 equal parts called seconds. Angles and arcs are usually measured by means of an... | |
 | American School (Chicago, Ill.) - Engineering - 1903 - 426 pages
...a|u = 60. An angle of 45 degrees is measured by ^ of the circumference. 185. For accurate measurement each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called...and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. The symbols of degrees, minutes and seconds are °, ', ", respectively. To express 23 degrees, 47 minutes... | |
 | American School (Chicago, Ill.) - Engineering - 1903 - 414 pages
...degrees, which means that it is 3^- = -J- of a circumference. In order to obtain accurate measurements each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes and each minute is divided into 60 equal parts called seconds. Angles and arcs are usually measured by means 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. 
