 | Adriano Balbi - 1835 - 578 σελίδες
...fyc. The geographical measure of distance is a degree or 360th part of a great circle of the earth; the degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds. Circles passing round the earth parallel to the equator at given distances from each other, whether... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1841 - 516 σελίδες
...fyc. The geographical measure of distance is a degree or 360th part of a great circle of the earth ; the degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds. Circles passing round the earth parallel to the equator at given distances from each other, whether... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 1016 σελίδες
...fyc. The geographical measure of distance is a degree or 3GOth part of a gieat circle of the earth ; the degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds. Circles passing round the earth parallel to the equator at given distances from each other, whether... | |
 | George Heppel - 1864 - 234 σελίδες
...length of the circumference of any circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts. Each of these is called a degree, the degree is divided into 60 minutes, and the minute into 60 seconds. The abbreviations for these three words are ° - ", so that 5 degrees 27 minutes 34 seconds is written... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - 1864 - 412 σελίδες
...circumfer' ence. Any part of the circumference u ^ called an arc. ' 2. If any circumference, whether larg< or small, be divided into 360 equal arcs, each arc is called a degree. The degre* is divided into 60 minutes, and the min-. ute into 60 seconds. The length of a deO gree, minute,... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - 1864 - 430 σελίδες
...2, If any circumference, whether largf or small, be divided into 300 equal arcs, each arc is cjilled a degree. The degree is divided into 60 minutes, and the minute into tJO seconds. The length of a degree, minute, or second, depends on the size of the circle. If the size... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - 1862 - 312 σελίδες
...circumference. Any part of the circumference is called an arc. 2. If any circumference, whether large O or small, be divided into 360 equal arcs, each arc...the circle. If the size of the circle is increased or decreased, the length of the degree, minute, or second is also increased or decreased. 3. The greatest... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - 1866 - 326 σελίδες
...called an arc. 2. If any circumference, whether large O or small, be divided into 360 equal arcs, /i^, each arc is called a degree. The degree ^ is divided...the circle. If the size of the circle is increased or decreased, the length of the degree, minute, or second is also increased or decreased. 3. The greatest... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - 1868 - 360 σελίδες
...circumference is called an arc. 2. If any circumference, whether large or small, be divided into 860 equal arcs, each arc is called a degree. The degree...the circle. If the size of the circle is increased or decreased, the length of the degree, minute, or second is also increased or decreased. 8. The greatest... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - 1868 - 238 σελίδες
...an arc. О 2. If any circumference, whethIL^, cr large or small, be divided into • 360 equal ares, each arc is called a degree. The degree is divided...seconds. The length of a degree, minute, or second, dependa on the size of the circle. If the size of the circle is increased or decreased, the length... | |
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O or small, be divided into 360 equal arcs, each arc is called a degree. The degree is divided into 60 minutes, and the minute into 60 seconds. The length of a degree, minute, or second, depends on the size of the circle. If the size of the circle is... 
