 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 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, etc. Hence a semicircle contains 180 degrees, and a quadrant 90 degrees. 15.... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1850 - 314 pages
...through the centre of the earth. 15 CORRESPOND, [L. corrcspondeo.] To answer to; communicate with. parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. 76. The circumference1 of the earth is a great circle of 360 de grees. On this circle every minute... | |
 | Sir Henry Edward Landor Thuillier - Surveying - 1851 - 826 pages
...circle is supposed to be divided off 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 expressed thus:0 minutes, thus/ seconds, thus:" A Quadrant of a circle will therefore contain... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1852 - 410 pages
...Circumference, and the Measure of Angles. § 304. The Circumference of every circle is conceived to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, each...and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds, are denoted thus 25° 30' 45", 25 deg. 30 min. 45 sec. § 395. An Angle... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1852 - 430 pages
...contained by the two legs, having the angular point for its centre. 4. Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees ; each...and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are marked at the tops of the figures by which the arc is denoted, thus... | |
 | John Radford Young - Arithmetic - 1852 - 230 pages
...of course, are longer or shorter, according as the circle is greater or less. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds: the marks for degrees, minutes, and seconds, are a small ° for degrees, a dash ' for minutes, and two... | |
 | Modern geography - 1852 - 176 pages
...circle, whether great or small, is 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: these are marked by the characters, * ', ": thus 33° 52' 28" means 33 degrees 52 minutes and 28 seconds.... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1852 - 228 pages
...large or small, is supposed to be 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. A degree is to be regarded simply as the 360th part of the circumference of the circle considered.... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1852 - 436 pages
...supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree 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,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Navigation - 1852 - 412 pages
...supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree 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,... | |
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For this purpose it 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. The degrees, minutes, and seconds are marked thus ° ' " ; and 9° 18' 16", are read,... 
