 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Plane trigonometry - 1864 - 324 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 seconds ( "). 34. The RADIUS of a circle is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; as C B. All... | |
 | C. Davies - 1867 - 342 pages
...circle is 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 secondsTRIGONOMETRY Definitionsby the characters ° ' "- For example, ten degrees, eighteen minutes,... | |
 | Asa Smith - 1868 - 86 pages
...circumference of every circle ¡в supposed to be divided into and equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Circumpolar Start.— Those stars which revolve around the pole without passing below the horizon.... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1869 - 286 pages
...called an ARC. (e.) Every circumference of a circle, whether large or small, is supposed to contain 360 equal parts, called DEGREES ; each degree is divided...and each minute into 60 equal parts, called SECONDS. NOTE. — Tho length of a degree, as well as that of its subdivisions, varies with the size of the... | |
 | Charles Davies, Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1869 - 470 pages
...the quadrant is divided into 90 equal parts, each of which k called a degree ; each degree 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",... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit - 1870 - 578 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 seconds. 40. The diameter of a circle is a right line drawn through the centre, A and terminating in the circumference... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1871 - 392 pages
...circumference of a circle, whether the circle be 1vge or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal pwrtsf called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 equal...minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts, called èeconds. (g.) A degree is to be regarded simply as the 860th part of the circumference of the circle... | |
 | Charles Davies - Leveling - 1871 - 448 pages
...the quadrant is divided into 90 equal parts, each of which is called a degree; each degree 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",... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1871 - 490 pages
...quadrant is divided into 90 equal parts, each of which is called a degree / each degree into 60 equaF 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",... | |
 | André Darré - 1872 - 226 pages
...angle. The 360 equal parts into which the circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided are called degrees ; each degree is divided into 60 equal...and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. Symbols are used to express degrees, minutes, and seconds. Thus 57° 17' 45" means 57 degrees, 17 minutes,... | |
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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. 
