| David Morrice - Naval education - 1801 - 236 pages
...latitude. The extent of latitude north or south, is 180 degrees, half the circumference of the globe. That longitude is the distance of a place east or west from the first meridian, which is generally that of London, and has an 0 at both ends of the line, the figures 10, 20, 30, and... | |
| John White - Great Britain - 1836 - 234 pages
...through the equator. The meridian that passes through London or Greenwich is called the First Meridian. Longitude is the distance of a place east or west from the first meridian : the greatest longitude is one hundred and eighty degrees. Latitude is the distance of a place north... | |
| Scottish school-book assoc - 1840 - 132 pages
...distance of a place north or south from the Equator ; consequently places on the Equator have no latitude. Longitude is the distance of a place east or west from the first meridian. The lines drawn from pole to pole are called meridians. Two opposite meridians divide the globe into... | |
| Alexander Reid - Geography - 1842 - 158 pages
...meridians. The circle formed by two meridians divides the globe into eastern and western hemispheres. Longitude is the distance of a place east or west from the first meridian. The first meridian is that which passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. The ecliptic is... | |
| Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1843 - 120 pages
...north, above; the south, below. Latitude* is the distance of a place north or south from the equator. Longitude is the distance of a place east or west from the first meridian, f The earth has two motions, one round its own axis in 24 hours, the other round the sun in a year... | |
| Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1845 - 138 pages
...the left hand side the west.* Latitude-]- is the distance of a place north or south from the equator. Longitude is the distance of a place east or west from the first meridian. The earth has two motions ; one round its own axis in 24 hours, the other round the sun in a year :... | |
| S. Wilson - 1849 - 156 pages
...south, from the equator towards either pole ; therefore no place can have more than 90° of latitude. Longitude is the distance of a place, east or west, from the first meridian or noon line, which in English maps is drawn through Greenwich, near London. Lines of latitude are... | |
| Alexander Reid - 1849 - 82 pages
...meridians. The circle formed by two meridians divides the globe into eastern and western hemispheres. Longitude is the distance of a place east or west from the first meridian. The ecliptic is a circle round the middle region of the globe, corresponding to the sun's path in the... | |
| Thomas Bowman (M.A.) - Geography - 1850 - 152 pages
...number of degrees corresponding to that meridian, which number will be the longitude required. NB — Longitude is the distance of a place east or west from the First Meridian, which in England is drawn through Greenwich ; and is measured on the Equator, or a parallel. The greatest... | |
| Modern geography - 1852 - 176 pages
...turns on its own axis, when any one of these is opposite to the sun it is mid-day along this line. Longitude is the distance of a place east or west from the FIRST MERIDIAN. Every place on the earth has its meridian ; hut that which is marked FIRST on our maps passes through... | |
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