 ... 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
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1828 - 346 pages
...circumference of the circle is conceived 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. The semicircumference, or the measure of two right angles, contains 180 degrees; the quarter of the... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1828 - 426 pages
...circumference of every circle, is supposed 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; and these into thirds, &c. Now, as all circles are not of the same magnitude, and as they are all divided... | |
 | Charles Davies - Surveying - 1830 - 318 pages
...circumference of the circle is supposed 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. 26. As the circumference of a circle may be regarded as a proper measure of angles, having their vertices... | |
 | Joseph Allen - America - 1832 - 128 pages
...divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and each degree contains about 09 A miles. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Questions for Review. How many degrees are there in the circumference of the earth ? How many miles... | |
 | Euclid - 1835 - 540 pages
...circumference of a 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, &c. A degree is marked thus, ° ; a minute thus, ' ; a second thus,"; and so on: for example, 57° 17'... | |
 | Mary Somerville - Astronomy - 1835 - 532 pages
...NOTE 49. p. 12. Ninety degrees. A circle is divided into 3fiO equal parts, or degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. It is usual to write these quantities thus, 15° 16' 10'', which means fifteen degrees, sixteen minutes,... | |
 | Abel Flint - Geometry - 1835 - 368 pages
...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, &c. NOTE. Since all circles are divided into the same number of degrees, a... | |
 | John Playfair - Geometry - 1836 - 148 pages
...circumference of a circle may be 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, &c. And as many degrees, minutes, seconds, &c. as are contained in any arc, of so many degrees, minutes,... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1836 - 394 pages
...calculation, the cir cumference of the 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. The semicircumference, or the measure of two right angles, contains 180 degrees ; the quarter of the... | |
 | Commissioners of National Education in Ireland - Measurement - 1837 - 290 pages
...circumference pf every circle is generally divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and every degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. The angles are measured by the number of degrees contained in the arcs which subtend them ; thus, if... | |
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