... 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, ten degrees, eighteen minutes, and... The Field Engineer: A Handy Book of Practice in the Survey, Location, and ... - Page 11by William Findlay Shunk - 1880 - 318 pagesFull view - About this book
| Augustus De Morgan - Algebra - 1840 - 186 pages
...radius by 3-1415927. - The right angle is divided into 90 equal parts called degrea, each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seccnde. Thus, 2° 15' 40" means 2 degrees, 15 minutes, and 40 seconds. To find the area of a sector,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Edmands - Geography - 1841 - 88 pages
...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 from... | |
| Charles Davies - Navigation - 1835 - 388 pages
...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 angles,... | |
| Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; and each degree into 0O equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds; and these into thirds, &c. Hence a semi-circle containi 180 degrees, and a quadrant 90 degrees. 15.... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...through the centre of the earth. 15 CORRESPOH D, [L. eorrespondeo.} 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 prees. On this circle every minute... | |
| Joseph Emerson Worcester - Classical geography - 1844 - 362 pages
...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. " They are marked thus, 23° 28' 16"; ie 83 degrees, 23 minutes, and 16 seconds. The Equator is an... | |
| Joseph Emerson Worcester - Classical geography - 1844 - 356 pages
...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... | |
| Scottish school-book assoc - 1845 - 444 pages
...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...called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds, are distinguished by the following marks : — 7° 3' 24", which is read 7 degrees, 3 minutes, and 24 seconds.... | |
| Nathan Scholfield - Conic sections - 1845 - 244 pages
...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, °... | |
| Ezra Otis Kendall - Astronomy - 1845 - 404 pages
...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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