| James Thomson (LL.D.) - Arithmetic - 1837 - 296 pages
...every circle is supposed 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. MISCELLANEOUS TABLE. 12 articles =1 dozen „ ,-. ( 12 dozen = 1 gross 6 6core or 120" = i.ong... | |
| Thomas Kerigan - Nautical astronomy - 1838 - 804 pages
...circles of the spheres, is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree is divided into GO equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. ,57 The Meridian of any place on the earth, is a semicircle which passes through that place,... | |
| Euclides - 1838 - 264 pages
...subtended by one of these, as the angular unit. Each degree is moreover supposed to be subdivided into 00 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds, and so on. The angle subtended by any number of these will, therefore, be some fractional... | |
| Charles Davies - Surveying - 1839 - 376 pages
...trigonometrical calculations, the circumference 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. PLANE TRIGONOMETRY \ As the circumference of a circle may be regarded as a proper measure... | |
| Charles Davies - Surveying - 1839 - 376 pages
...trigonometrical calculations, the circumference 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. PLANE TRIGONOMETRY. V As the circumference of a circle may be regarded as a proper measure... | |
| J. David Parkes - 1839 - 222 pages
...are called the twelve signs of the Zodiac. Each sign is divided into 30 equal parts, called degrees, each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds, and so on to thirds, fourths, fifths, &c. Abréviations. — * Sextile; a Quartile; Д Trine;... | |
| Augustus De Morgan - Algebra - 1840 - 182 pages
...square of the radius by 3-1415927. * The right angle is divided into 90 equal parts called degrees, each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. Thus, 2° 15' 40" means 2 degrees, 15 minutes, and 40 seconds. To find the area of a sector,... | |
| Charles Davies - Geometrical drawing - 1840 - 264 pages
...angles. For this purpose 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,... | |
| Charles Davies - Navigation - 1835 - 388 pages
...trigonometrical calculations, the circumference 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. PLANE TR16ONOMETRY. As the circumference of a circle maybe regarded as a proper measure of... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Edmands - Geography - 1841 - 88 pages
...2. A DEGREE is the 360th part of a circle, and contains CPJ English miles ; each degree is divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. They are marked (°) degrees, (') minutes, (") seconds. The LONGITUDE of a place, is its distance... | |
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