 ... is supposed to be divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds, are designated respectively, by the characters ° ' ". For example, ten degrees, eighteen minutes, and...  The Geometrician: Containing Essays on Plane Geometry, and Trigonometry ... - Page 64by Benjamin Donne - 1775 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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
...circumference 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - Physical geography - 1877 - 194 pages
...less than 90 north or south of the equator. To obtain greater accuracy each degree is supposed it, to be divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into sixty seconds.* Longitude is the distance of a place, east or west, from a meridian drawn through some... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Physical geography - 1878 - 428 pages
...latitude. 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... | |
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