 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1827 - 274 páginas
...if nothing is left, it is then Leap year. Measure of Circular Motion. 60 Thirds ('") make 1 Second, 60 Seconds * "1 Minute, 60 Minutes " 1 Degree, . ° 30 Degrees " 1 Sign of the heavens, s. 12 Signs, (or 360 ') " 1 Great Circle of the heavens. NOTE. This table is used in... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 628 páginas
...chaldron = 58 2-3 " " " (For measures of weights, see Weights.) 6. ANGULAR MEASURE ; OR, DIVISIONS OF THE CIRCLE. 60 seconds =: 1 minute 60 minutes = 1 degree 30 degrees = 1 sign 'JO degrees = 1 quadrant 360 degrees, or 12 signs = 1 circumference. Formerly, the subdivisions were... | |
 | Charles Potts - 1835 - 202 páginas
...astronomers, navigators, &c. The denominations are, revolution or circle, sign, degree, minute, and second. 60 seconds (") =1 minute. ' 60 minutes =1 degree. ° 30 degrees =1 sign. sig. 12 signs, or 360° =1 revolution or circle. EXAMPLES. 1. In one revolution how many seconds ?... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1835 - 270 páginas
...ASTRONOMICAL MOTION. For measuring the relative motions of heavenly bodies belonging to the Solar system. 60 Seconds 1 Minute. 60 Minutes 1 Degree. 30 Degrees 1 Sign. 3 Signs 1 Quadrant. 4 Quadrants, or 360 Degrees Kim 1. — The shape of the earth being an oblate spheroid,... | |
 | T. Pigott - 1838 - 68 páginas
...Measure. 60 seconds . . minute 60 minutes . . hour 24 hours .... day 7 days .... week 28 days month 60 seconds . . 1 minute 60 minutes... 1 degree 30...degrees . . 1 sign 90 degrees . . 1 quadrant 360 degrees . . 12 signs г m ... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1841 - 490 páginas
...rood 4 roods, or 160 perches acre GtO acres ~ square mile 60 miuutes = 1 degree 30 degrees = 1 »>*П' 90 degrees = 1 quadrant 360 degrees, or 12 signs =...circumference. Formerly, the subdivisions were carried on by sities ; thus the second was divided into sixty (hint, the third into sixty fourths, &c. At ]iresrat,... | |
 | 1843 - 142 páginas
...clear, And twenty-nine in each leap year. ANGULAR MEASURE OR DIVISIONS OP THE CIRCLE. seconds, marked " 60 seconds = 1 minute, ' 60 minutes = 1 degree, ° 30 degrees = 1 sign, s. 12 signs = 1 circle, circ. YARN MEASURE. COTTON YARN. 54 inches = 1 thread, 80 threads = 1 skein... | |
 | 1850 - 382 páginas
...standard, used for watch-cases, &c., is 18 carats fine. 5. ANGULAR MEASURE; OR, DIVISIONS OF THE CIRCLE. CO Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes = 1 Degree 30 Degrees = 1 Sign 90 Degrees = I Quadrant 3GO Degrees, or 12 Signs = 1 Circumference. Formerly, the subdivisions were carried on... | |
 | 1852 - 240 páginas
...the new standard, used for watch-cases, &c., is 18 carats fine. 5. ANGULAR MEASURE; OR, DIVISIONS OF THE CIRCLE. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes = 1 Degree...Degrees, or 12 Signs = 1 Circumference. Formerly, the suhdivisions were carried on hy sixties; thus, the second was divided into 60 thirds, the third into... | |
 | W. Draper Bolton - 1852 - 584 páginas
...circle. 00 Seconds = i Minute. f>0 Minutes — 1 Degree. 30 Degrees — 1 Sign. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 90 Degrees — 1 Quadrant. 360 Degrees, or 12 signs...Circumference. Formerly, the subdivisions were carried on* liy sillies ; tlius. the second was divided into 00 thirds, the third into 60 fourths, &c. At present... | |
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Every mass of alloyed gold is supposed to be divided into 24 equal parts ; thus the standard for coin is 22 carat fine, that is, it consists of 22 parts of pure gold and 2 parts of alloy. 
