 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1814 - 558 pages
...into a portable flat case, SECTION III. 1 To find the Latitude by the Meridian Altitude of the Sun, The Latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, either North or South ; and is measured bv an arch of a Meridian contained between the Zenith and tíie equinoctial. Hence,... | |
 | Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1821 - 594 pages
...into a portable flat case. 8ECTION III. «v To 2lnd the Latitude by the Meridian Altitude of the Stm. The Latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, either North or 8outh ; and is measured by an arch of a Meridian contained Letween the Zenith and the equinoctial.... | |
 | John William Norie - 1840 - 184 pages
...24 High water in the Downs, September 21, 1842... 11 36 PM ON FINDING THE LATITUDE BY OBSERVATION. THE latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, either north or south, and is measured by an arch of a meridian, contained between the zenith and the equinoctial : hence,... | |
 | Basil Jackson - Military reconnaissance - 1847 - 410 pages
...vessel's longitude as well as it could be found by the man of science himself. OF FINDING THE LATITUDE. The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, either north or south, and is measured by an arc of a meridian contained between the zenith and the equinoctial; hence, if... | |
 | John William Norie - Nautical astronomy - 1852 - 844 pages
...enlightened limb of the moon in co Aiacl V\t\v X\ve \\omorcv. I 180 ) ON FINDING THE LATITUDE BY OBSERVATION. THE latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, either north or south, and is measured by an arch of a meridian contained between the zenith and the equinoctial : hence,... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1861 - 290 pages
...degrees and minutes. Each degree is subdivided into sixty minutes, and each minute into sixty seconds. The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, either north or south ; and the longitude of a place is its distance from a given spot, measured either on the equator or... | |
 | William Swinton - Geography - 1875 - 160 pages
...is, half-way round the globe, and also westward the same distance. V. — LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. L What is the latitude of a place ? The latitude of a place is its distance in degrees north or south of the Equator. NOTE. — A degree (marked °) is the 360th part of any circle.... | |
 | Sophia S. Cornell - Geography - 1878 - 124 pages
...Asia. In what kind of latitude is the greater part of the land on the globe situated ? What is meant by the latitude of a place ? The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator measured in degrees. Where are the degrees of latitude marked on maps ? The degrees of latitude are... | |
 | William Lawson (of St. Mark's College, Chelsea.) - Geography - 1861 - 188 pages
...able to say how far a place is to the north or south of it This distance is called the Latitude of the place. The Latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, measured (in degrees) to the north or to the south. To enable us to reckon latitude more readily lines... | |
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... of a meridian contained between the zenith and the equinoctial ; hence, if the distance of any heavenly body from the zenith when on the meridian, and its declination, or... 