 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 628 Seiten
...quadrant 360 degrees, or 12 signs = 1 circumference. Formerly, the subdivisions were carried on by sixties ; thus the second was divided into 60 thirds, the third into 60 fourths, &c. At present, the second is more generally divided decimally into tenths, hundredth^, &c. The degree... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1831 - 630 Seiten
...quadrant 360 degrees, or 12 signs = 1 circumference. Formerly, the subdivisions were carried on by sixties ; thus the second was divided into 60 thirds, the third into GO fourths, &c. At present, the second is more generally divided decimally into tenths, hundredth«,... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1834 - 472 Seiten
...1 Quadrant 360 Degrees, or 12 Signs = 1 Circumference. Formerly the subdivisions were carried on by sixties ; thus, the second was divided into 60 thirds, the third into 60 fourths, &c. At present the second is more generally divided decimally into lOths, l00ths, &c. The degree is... | |
 | James Wharton - 1847 - 224 Seiten
...Quadrant. 360 Degrees, or 12 Signs = 1 Circumference. Formerly, the subdivisions were carried on by sixties ; thus, the second was divided into 60 thirds, the third into 60 fourths, &c. At present, the second is more generally divided decimally into lOths, lOOths, &c. The degree is... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1851 - 606 Seiten
...quadrant 360 degrees, or 12 signs zz 1 circumference. Formerly, the subdivisions were carried on by sixties ; thus the second was divided into 60 thirds, the third into 60 fourths, &c. At present, the second is more generally divided decimally into tenths, hundredths, &c. The degree... | |
 | W. Draper Bolton - 1852 - 584 Seiten
...1 Quadrant. 360 Degrees.orl2 Signs = 1 Circumference. Formerly, the subdivisions were carried on by sixties ; thus, the second was divided into 60 thirds, the third into 60th fourths, &c. At present the second is more generally divided decimally into lOths lOOlhs, 4c.... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1855 - 774 Seiten
...quadrant 360 degrees, or 12 signs— 1 circumference. Formerly the subdivisions were carried on by sixties ; thus, the second was divided into 60 thirds, the third into sixty fourths, &c. At present, the second is more generally divided decimally into tens, hundreds,... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1863 - 482 Seiten
...Quadrant. 360 Degrees, or 12 Signs = 1 Circumference. Formerly the subdivisions were carried on by sixties ; thus, the second was divided into 60 thirds, the third into 60 fourths, &c. At present the second is more generally divided decimally into lOths, lOOths, &c. The degree is... | |
 | 1852 - 392 Seiten
...Quadrant 360 Degrees, or 12 Signs = 1 Circumference. Formerly, the subdivisions were carried on by sixties; thus, the second was divided into 60 thirds, the third into 60 fourths, &c. At present the second is more generally divided decimally into lOths, lOOths, &c. The degree is... | |
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CIRCLE. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute. 60 Minutes = 1 Degree. 30 Degrees = 1 Sign. 90 Degrees = 1 Quadrant. 360 Degrees, or 12 Signs = 1 Circumference. Formerly the subdivisions were carried on by sixties ; thus, the second was divided into 60 thirds, the third... 