...heavens, was completed in 360 days. Each day's advance in this circle they called a gradus, or step, or degree, and applied the same mode of division to circles...each minute into 60 seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds, are marked thus °, ', "; thus 23° 40' 52" means 23 degrees, 40 minutes, 52 seconds. The...

...between places on the earth, and bodies in the heavens, divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree is subdivided into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. These divisions are marked by the following characters, placed over the right hand of the last figure...

...the position of places and measuring their distances, divided into 360 equal parts called degrees' ; each degree is subdivided into 60 minutes' ,and each minute into 60 seconds". The equator divides the globe into the northern and southern hemispheres. Latitude is the distance...

...heavens, was completed in 360 days. Each day's advance in this circle they called a gradus, or step, or degree, and applied the same mode of division to circles...general. Each degree is subdivided into 60 minutes, * The references are made to the maps, as numbered in the Index to them. and each minute into 60 seconds....

...latter in elevating the globe. Every circle on the globe is, by geometers, divided into 360 degrees. Each degree is subdivided into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. 6. Latitude is the distance of any place, north or south, from the equator. The latitude of a place...

...heavens, was completed in 360 days. Each day's advance in the circle they called a gradus, or step, or degree, and applied the same mode of division to circles in general. Each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are marked...

...circumference of every circle is supposed to' be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are designated by the characters °, ', ". Thus 23° 14' 35" is read 23 degrees, 14 minutes,...

...circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are designated by the characters °, ', ". Thus 23° 14' 35" is read 23 degrees, 14 minutes,...

...of the circle into 360 equal parts, each of which is called a degree, and is represented thus : 1°. Each degree is subdivided into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds : a minute is written 1' ; and a second, 1". f If we represent the luminous surface of the Sun by 1000...

...circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are designated by the characters °, ', " Thus 23° 14' 35" is read 23 degrees, 14 minutes,...