...parts or hemispheres. Others are termed small circles. 16. Every circle is divided into 360 degrees, (marked °,) — every degree into 60 geographical...(marked ',) —and every minute into 60 seconds, (marked ".) 17. A degree on a great circle is about 69 English or common miles. On a small circle it is less,...

...hecause they represent circles on the Earth. 80. Every circle is divided into 360 degrees, (marked0) — every degree into 60 geographical miles or minutes,...(marked') — and every minute, into 60 seconds (marked.') 81. A degree on a great circle, such as the Equator or a meridian, which divides the Earth into two...

...parts or hemispheres. Others are termed small circles. 16. Every circle is divided into 360 degrees, (marked °,) — every degree into 60 geographical...or minutes, (marked ',) — and every minute into sixty seconds, (marked ".) 17. A degree on a great circle is about 69 English or common miles. On a...

....hecause they represent circles on the Earth. 80. Every circle is divided into 360 degrees, (marked0) — .every degree into 60 geographical miles or minutes,...— and every minute, into 60 seconds, (marked".) 81. A degree on a great circle, such as the Equator or a meridian which divides the Earth into two...

...a small circle into two unequal parts. Every circle is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees (marked °) ; every degree into 60 geographical miles...magnitude of the circles. On the great circles, a degree heing the 360th part of the Earth's circumference, is equal to 60 geographical miles, or ahout 6g^...

...a small cirele into two unequal parts. Every cirele is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees (marked °) ; every degree into 60 geographical miles...vary in extent, according to the magnitude of the cireles. On the great cireles, a degree heing the 360th part of the Earth's circumference, is equal...

...curved on maps, because they represent circles on the Earth. Every circle is divided into 360 degrees, (marked °) — every degree into 60 geographical...(marked ') — and every minute into 60 seconds, (marked "). A degree on a great circle, such as the Equator or a meridian, which divides the Earth into two...

...characters, * ', ": thus 33° 52' 28" means 33 degrees 52 minutes and 28 seconds. The degrees of latitude vary in extent, according to the magnitude of the circles. On the great circle, a degree, being the 360th part of the earth's circumference, is equal to 60 geographical miles,...

...unequal parts. Every circle is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, (marked °); every degrce into 60 geographical miles or minutes (marked '); and every minute into 60 seconds (marked "). The degrces vary in extent, according to the magnitude of the circles. On the great circles, a degrce being...