 | Euclid - 1835 - 540 pages
...II. The 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°... | |
 | 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 Lee Comstock - 1835 - 308 pages
...another constellation, and neai the star a. Each of the 12 signs of the zodiac is divided into 30 smaller parts, called degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into (50 parts, called seconds. The division of the zodiac into signs, is of very ancient date, each sign... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1835 - 308 pages
...another constellation, and neai the star a. Each of the 12 signs of the zodiac is divided into 30 smaller parts, called degrees; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into GO parts, called seconds. The division of the zodiac into signs, is of very ancient date, each sign... | |
 | Thomas Spofford - Almanacs, American - 1835 - 84 pages
...distant from a point within the circle, called the centre. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be 'divided into 360 equal parts called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parls called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. Colurea ; those two meridians... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 630 pages
...the circle in which the artificial globe turns, divided into 360 degrees. Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, each degree into CO equal ports, called minutes, each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds, Sic. ; a degree is... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit - 1870 - 578 pages
...from a certain point within it, called the centre. 39. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees;...and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. 40. The diameter of a circle is a right line drawn through the centre, A and terminating in the circumference... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1871 - 392 pages
...1vge or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal pwrtsf called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called èeconds. (g.) A degree is to be regarded simply as the 860th part of the circumference of the circle... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Geometry - 1871 - 302 pages
...Spherical Trigonometry treats of spherical triangles. (19.) The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are designated by the characters... | |
 | Charles Davies - Leveling - 1871 - 448 pages
...the quadrant is divided into 90 equal parts, each of 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",... | |
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The 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. 
