... 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
| Nathan Scholfield - Conic sections - 1845 - 542 pages
...circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and each of those degrees is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds ; and so on, to thirds, fourths, &c. These divisions are designated by the following characters, 0... | |
| Ezra Otis Kendall - Astronomy - 1845 - 404 pages
...that circle. Every circle is considered as divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. They are marked 0 ' " — thus: 10° 2' 20" — which is read ten degrees, two minutes, and twenty... | |
| Charles Davies - Geometrical drawing - 1846 - 254 pages
...of angles. 26. How is it divided? It is 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. The degrees, minutes, and seconds, are marked thus, °, ', " ; and 9° 18' 10", are read, 9 degrees,... | |
| Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1846 - 378 pages
...OF TIME. 40. 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. For astronomical purposes, the circumference of the circle is also supposed to be divided into 12 equal... | |
| Henry Hopwood - 1846 - 250 pages
...English mathematicians, to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; each degree is subdivided into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Degrees are marked (°), minutes ('), and seconds ("). These degrees vary in length according to the... | |
| Mary Somerville - Physical sciences - 1846 - 506 pages
...NOTE 50, p. 9.— Ninety degrees. A circle is divided into 360 equal parts, or degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal pans, called seconds. It is usual to write these quantities thus, 15° 16' 10", which means fifteen... | |
| James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 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. Hence, a semicircle measures 180 degrees, and a quadrant 90 degrees. 46. The measure of an angle is... | |
| Anthony Nesbit - Plane trigonometry - 1847 - 492 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. 40. The diameter of a circle is a right line drawn through the centre, and terminating in the circumference... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1849 - 142 pages
...10. 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. 11. Degrees, minutes, and seconds, are marked respectively °, ', "; they are used in mensuration and... | |
| Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1849 - 402 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. Hence, a semicircle contains 180 degrees, and a quadrant, 90 degrees. 46. AN ELLIPSE is an oval figure,... | |
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