...Circumference into two equal Parls oukd Semicircles ; and is double the Radius, as AB cr DE. Fig. 8. 1 8. The Circumference of every Circle is fuppofed 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,...

...Newton, and his followers, have been guilty of agrofs mi (lake. As in trigonometrical calculations, the circumference of every circle is fuppofed to be divided into 360 degrees, it is evident, that the length of a degree in a great circle, is greater than the length of...

...alfo the Jem- diameter. The di;trne'erj and radii of the fame circle are always equal to one another. The circumference of every circle is fuppofed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 mi* ñutes \ each minute into 60 feccnds ; and thefe into thirds, fourths, &c....

...circles, as PAfi £, passing through the poles, are called Meridians. Now all circles are supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees;...every degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and every minute into 60 equal parts, called Sfconefi; and degrees, minutes, and seconds, are denoted...

...meeting BA, BC, in A, C ; the arch AC is called the meafure of the angle ABC. II. The circumference of a circle is fuppofed 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 feconds,...

...the middle, but divides it unequally. LeflVr circles are coai* monly parallel to fome great circle7. Every circle is fuppofed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called Degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called Minutes ; each minute in 60 Seconds, £c. 8. A degree...

...times, Napier, the inventor of logarithms, and Briggs. In plane trigonometry, the circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...; every minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and so on, into thirds, fourths, &c. These divisions are marked by the following characters, ° for...

...circle is a part cut off by a line called the chord. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, every degree into 60 parts called minutes, and every minute into 60 larts called seconds. Solids are distinguished into...

...circle is a part cut ofl' by a line called the chord. The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, every degree into 60 parts, called minutes, and every minute into 60 parts, called seconds. Solids are distinguished into...

...Small circles divide the globe into two unequal parts, as the tropics, etc. Every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; every degree into sixty equal parts, called minutes ; and every minute into sixty equal parts, called seconds. Degrees...