...circumference of all circles, whether small or great, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, which are called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts called...and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, in the same manner as a yard is divided into 3 equal parts called feet, a foot into 12 equal parts...

...Circumference of every Circle is sipposed to be divided into 360 equal part?, 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. JVote. Since all Circles are divided into the same number ot Degrees,...

...thus the arc ac is the measure of the angle авс and the arc DE is the measure of the angle ABC. (H) The circumference of every circle is supposed to be...degrees, each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds. The angles are measured by the number of degrees cut...

...or small, are supposed to have their circumference 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 so on into thirds, fourths,* be. and an arch is said to be. of as many degrees as it contains parts...

...1820, is 14° 13' 7" ; and its declination 88° 20' 55" N. Connoissance des Terns, for 1820, p. 168. t Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees ; each minute, into 60 equal parts called seconds, &c. : (a degree therefore is of different lineal extent,...

...which the sun describes by his annual progress in the heavens. The ecliptic cuts the equator in an •The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal jjarts, called degrees; each degree into sixty equal parts, called minutes; each minute into sixty...

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...angle (7.) Till lately. Geometers almost unanimously agreed to divide the circumference of the circle into 360 equal parts called Degrees ; each degree...and each minute into 60 equal parts called Seconds, &c. This method appeared to the Greek Geometers to afford some facilities for calculations, in consequence...

...are there between the 17th of March and the 25th of December ? Ans. 283. Division of the Circle. 47. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be...into 360 equal parts called degrees — each degree is subdivided into 60 equal parts called minutes — each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds-^—...

...circle be divided into 360 equal parts, each of them is called a degree. Each degree is subdivided into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called * Geography is a description of the earth ; and is distinguished by different names, according to tha...