 | Ezra Otis Kendall - Astronomy - 1845 - 404 pages
...circumference of that circle. Every circle is considered as divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ;...and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. They are marked 0 ' " — thus: 10° 2' 20" — which is read ten degrees, two minutes, and twenty... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - Conic sections - 1845 - 244 pages
...is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and each of those degrees is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds ; and so on, to thirds, fourths, &c. These divisions are designated by the following characters, ° ' " '"... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - Conic sections - 1845 - 542 pages
...is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and each of those degrees is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds ; and so on, to thirds, fourths, &c. These divisions are designated by the following characters, 0 ' " '"... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1845 - 444 pages
...quadrant. 3. In trigonometry all the angles round a point are divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into "0 equal parts, called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds, are respectively designated by these... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1846 - 370 pages
...CIRCLE MEASURE OF TIME. 40. 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. For astronomical purposes, the circumference of the circle is also supposed to be divided into 12 equal... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometrical drawing - 1846 - 254 pages
...angles. 26. How is it divided? 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, 9 degrees,... | |
 | Henry Hopwood - 1846 - 250 pages
...English mathematicians, 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. Degrees are marked (°), minutes ('), and seconds ("). These degrees vary in length according to the... | |
 | Mary Somerville - Physical sciences - 1846 - 506 pages
...the iŤa. NOTE 50, p. 9.— Ninety degrees. A circle is divided into 360 equal parts, or degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal pans, called seconds. It is usual to write these quantities thus, 15° 16' 10", which means fifteen... | |
 | J. R. Young - 1854 - 228 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... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1854 - 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 respec• tiively, by the characters ° ' ". For example,... | |
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The 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, fourths, &c. 
