 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°...  The Essentials of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry - Page 1by Webster Wells - 1887 - 151 pagesFull view - About this book
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...which is called a degree; each degree into 00 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", is read/ 7 degrees, 22 minutes, and 33 seconds. A quadrant... | |
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...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", is read, 7 degrees, 22 minutes, and 33 seconds. Fractional... | |
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...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", is read, 7 degrees, 22 minutes, and 33 seconds. Fractional... | |
 | William Findlay Shunk - Railroad engineering - 1880 - 362 pages
...right angle. Each degree is further divided into 00 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" is read, 7 degrees, 22 minutes, and 33 seconds. 3. The complement... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1883 - 298 pages
...adopted arbitrarily as the unit of measurement. The usual unit of angular measurement is the degree, or the ninetieth part of a right angle. To express fractional...the minute into sixty equal parts called seconds. This method of measurement is called the sexagesimal. 3. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are denoted... | |
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...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", is read, 7 degrees, 22 minutes, and 33 seconds. Fractional... | |
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...TRIGONOMETRY. I. DEFINITIONS; MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES. 1. Trigonometry is that branch of mathematics in which algebraic processes are used to treat of...degrees, 22 minutes, and 37 seconds. CIRCULAR MEASURE OP AN ANGLE. 4. Another method of measuring angles, and one of great importance, is known as the circular... | |
 | William Findlay Shunk - Railroad engineering - 1890 - 360 pages
...right angle. Each degree is further divided 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" is read, 7 degrees, 22 minutes, and 33 seconds. 3. The complement... | |
 | Webster Wells - Geometry - 1894 - 400 pages
...angle, adopted 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...divided into sixty equal parts, called minutes, and the niin ute into sixty equal parts, called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are represented by the... | |
 | Anson Kent Cross - Drawing - 1895 - 172 pages
...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. Thus 5 degrees, 13 minutes, 12 seconds, is written 5° 13' 12". A RIGHT ANGLE is one which... | |
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