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" Every circumference of a. circle, whether the circle be 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. "
Plane and Spherical Trigonometry - Page 2
by Claude Irwin Palmer, Charles Wilbur Leigh - 1916 - 188 pages
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Elements of Geography, Modern and Ancient with a Modern and an Ancient Atlas

Joseph Emerson Worcester - Classical geography - 1844 - 356 pages
...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 secotuls. They are marked thus, 23° 88' 16"; ie 23 degrees, 28 minutes, and 16 seconds. The Less Circles...
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A Series on Elementary and Higher Geometry, Trigonometry, and Mensuration ...

Nathan Scholfield - Conic sections - 1845 - 542 pages
...the circle 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...
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Higher Geometry and Trigonometry: Being the Third Part of a Series on ...

Nathan Scholfield - Conic sections - 1845 - 244 pages
...the circle 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, °...
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A system of practical mathematics; being no.xvi. of a new series of school-books

Scottish school-book assoc - 1845 - 444 pages
...circle is supposed to be divided into 300 equal parts, called degrees, and 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 distinguished by the following marks : — 7° 3' 24", which is...
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Uranography: Or, a Description of the Heavens; Designed for Academies and ...

Ezra Otis Kendall - Astronomy - 1845 - 404 pages
...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...
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Elements of Drawing and Mensuration Applied to the Mechanic Arts: A Book for ...

Charles Davies - Geometrical drawing - 1846 - 254 pages
...circumference of a circle is used for the measurement of angles. 26. How is it divided? It is divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, each degree is divided...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,...
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An introduction to the study of modern geography, with a chapter on the ...

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...
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The University Arithmetic: Embracing the Science of Numbers, and Their ...

Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1846 - 378 pages
...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...
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On the Connection of the Physical Sciences

Mary Somerville - Physical sciences - 1846 - 506 pages
...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...
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The American Arithmetic

James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 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. Hence, a semicircle measures 180 degrees, and a quadrant 90 degrees. 46. The measure of an angle is...
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