 | James Rosser - 1877 - 174 páginas
...as AF, or B r. The circumference of every 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; which are respectively marked ° ' ". (See p. 1, Table A.) Since the circumference of a circle contains... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1877 - 176 páginas
...AD, is called a Diameter. 129. Every circumference 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. TABLE. 60 seconds ( " ) =1 minute, ( ' ). 60 minutes =1 degree, (°). 30 degrees = 1 sign, s. 12 signs... | |
 | David Murray - 1878 - 284 páginas
...the circumference of a circle 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. They are expressed by the FIG. 6. characters ° ' ". The magnitude of the angle A is thus expressed... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1878 - 428 páginas
...But no one can speak of " parallels of longitude," because these 1 Each degree of latitude is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. Degrees are represented by the symbol °, minutes by ', and seconds by ". Minutes and seconds of time... | |
 | Rolla Rouse - 1879 - 400 páginas
...angle with a circumference, the latter is taken 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 ; a right angle containing 90 degrees, and a semicircle 180 degrees. Degrees are marked °, minutes... | |
 | William Alfred Browne - 1879 - 364 páginas
...founded upon a basis furnished by Nature. The Quadrant of the Earthis Meridian- was divided into 9 equal parts called Degrees, and each Degree into 60 equal parts called Minutes. One of these Minutes was the Neapolitan Miglio or Mile. The Thousandth part of the Miglio was the Passo,... | |
 | William Findlay Shunk - 1880 - 362 páginas
...one-quarter of the circle, and is the measure of a right angle. Each degree is further divided 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"... | |
 | George Woolworth Colton, Joseph Hutchins Colton - 1880 - 152 páginas
...purpose of measurement, every circle is conceived to be divided into 3(30 equal parts called Degrees ; each degree, into 60 equal parts called minutes; and each minute, into GO equal parts called Seconds. Degrees are marked °, minutes ', seconds ''. 5. The great circle which... | |
 | Mathew Wilson - 1884 - 294 páginas
...adjectives one, each, either, neither, every, are in the third person singular; as, " Every circle is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and each degree into 60 minutes." f- Adjectives should be employed to modify nouns; adverbs to modify verbs and adjectives;... | |
 | Charles Davies, Adrien Marie Legendre - 1885 - 538 páginas
...angle. For convenience, the quadrant is divided into 90 equal parts, each of which is called a degree ; each degree into 60 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 ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c. 
