...divide the globe into two unequal parts. The two tropics and the two polar circles are less circles. Every circle is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree is divided into 60 minutes ; and each minute into 60 seconds. They are marked thus 32° 14' 26" ; that...

...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...

...the arc DE is the measure of the angle ABC. (H) The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called 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...

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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...

...II. The circumference of a circle is supposed to be 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, &c. And as many degrees, minutes, seconds, &c. as are contained in any arch, of so many degrees, minutes,...

...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...

...is called an arc; and one-fourth, of the circumference of a circle is usually called a quadrant. 16. The circumference of every circle is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and of which the symbol is 12° or 7°, if 12 or 7 be their number. Each degree is also divided into...

...For the purposes of trigonometrical calculations, the circumference of the circle is conceived to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each...and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. The semicircumference, or the measure of two right angles, contains 180 degrees; the quarter of the...

...the circle inUlour equal parts called quadrants. The circumference of every circle, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; each...and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds; and these into thirds, &c. Now, as all circles are not of the same magnitude, and as they are all divided...