To express fractional parts of the unit, the degree is divided into sixty equal parts called minutes, and the minute into sixty equal parts, called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are represented by the symbols, °. ', ", respectively. Thus, 43°... Plane and Solid Geometry - Page 13by Webster Wells, Walter Wilson Hart - 1916 - 467 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph Allen Galbraith - 1852 - 84 pages
...called a degree. The degree is subdivided into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and the minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are represented by the symbols ° ' "; for example, 43° 25' 18", signifies 43 degrees, 25 minutes, 18 seconds. In order to reduce... | |
| Joseph Allen Galbraith - Mathematics - 1866 - 132 pages
...called a degree. The degree is subdivided into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and the minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are represented by the signs ° '" ; for example, 43° 25' 1 8", signifies 43 degrees, 25 minutes, 18 seconds. nutes, and... | |
| Webster Wells - Trigonometry - 1883 - 234 pages
...the unit of measurement. The usual unit of angular measurement is the degree, or the ninetieth part of a right angle. To express fractional parts of the...the minute into sixty equal parts called seconds. This method of measurement is called the sexagesimal. 3. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are denoted... | |
| Webster Wells - Trigonometry - 1887 - 196 pages
...3. The usual unit of measurement for angles is the degree, or an angle equal to the ninetieth part of a right angle. To express fractional parts of the...called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are denoted by the symbols °, ', ", respectively ; thus, 43° 22' 37" denotes an angle of 43 degrees,... | |
| Webster Wells - Plane trigonometry - 1887 - 158 pages
...3. The usual unit of measurement for angles is the degree, or an angle equal to the ninetieth part of a right angle. To express fractional parts of the...called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are denoted by the symbols °, ', ", respectively ; thus, 43° 22' 37" denotes an angle of 43 degrees,... | |
| Webster Wells - Geometry - 1894 - 394 pages
...arbitrarily as the unit of measure. The usual unit of measure is the degree, which is the ninetieth part of a right angle. To express fractional parts of the...divided into sixty equal parts, called minutes, and the min ute into sixty equal parts, called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are represented by the... | |
| Webster Wells - Geometry - 1894 - 256 pages
...fractional parts of the unit, the degree is divided into sixty equal parts, called minutes, and the min ute into sixty equal parts, called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are represented by the symbols, °, ', ", respectively. Thus, 43° 22' 37" represents an angle of 43 degrees, 22 minutes, and 37 seconds.... | |
| Anson Kent Cross - Art - 1895 - 168 pages
...circumference, it produces an angle which is taken as the unit for measuring angles, and is called a degree. The degree is divided into sixty equal parts called minutes, and the minutes into sixty equal parts called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are denoted by symbols.... | |
| Anson Kent Cross - Art - 1897 - 200 pages
...equal to ^J,y of the circumference is taken as the unit for measuring angles, and is called a degree. The degree is divided into sixty equal parts called minutes, and the minutes into sixty equal parts called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are denoted by symbols.... | |
| Webster Wells - Geometry - 1898 - 250 pages
...arbitrarily as the' unit of measure. The usual unit of measure is the degree, which is the ninetieth part of a right angle. To express fractional parts of the...minutes, and seconds are represented by the symbols, °. ', ", respectively. Thus, 43° 22' 37" represents an angle of 43 degrees, 22 minutes, and 37 seconds.... | |
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