 | Frederick Walter Simms - Astronomical instruments - 1834 - 124 pages
...correcting an assumed latitude ; or, if the latitude be known, the star's declination may be obtained. The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, north or south, and it is equal to the elevation of the celestial pole above the horizon, or to an arc of the meridian... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Geography - 1834 - 196 pages
...are called hem'ispheres or half globes; one named the eastern, the other, the western hemisphere. 7. The Lat'itude of a place is its distance from the equator, north or south, measured on a meridian towards either pole, reckoned in degrees (°), minutes ('), and seconds (").... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1837 - 182 pages
...is called the northern hem'isphere, the southern part, the southern kem'isphere. 7. The Liat'itude of a place is its distance from the equator, north or south, measured on a meridian towards either pole, reckoned in degrees (°), minutes ('), and seconds (").... | |
 | Barnum Field - Geography - 1840 - 168 pages
...These divisions are usu »lly expressed by ° for degrees, ' for minutes, and " for seconds. PARALLELS. The Latitude of a place is its distance from the equator,...angles, and passing through the poles. Every place has its meridian. When the meridian of any place is opposite the sun, it is noon .it that place. The... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Classical geography - 1844 - 356 pages
...The northern part is called the northern hemisphere ; the southern part, the southern hemisphere. 7. The Latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, north or south, measured on a meridian towards either pole, reckoned in degrees (°), minutes ('), and seconds (")'... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 528 pages
...from the above principles, the day of the week upon which they were born. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. 439. The Latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, north or south. It is reckoned in degrees, minutes, and seconds, and cannot exceed 90°, or a quadrant. 440. The Longitude... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 438 pages
...from the above principles, the day of the week upon which they were born. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. 315. The Latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, north or south. It is reckoned in degrees, minutes, and seconds, and cannot exceed 90°, or a quadrant. 316. The Longitude... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 444 pages
...from the above principles, the day of the week upon which they were born. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. 315. The Latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, north or south. It is reckoned in degrees, minutes, and seconds, and cannot exceed 90°, or a quadrant. 316. The Longitude... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 250 pages
...from the above principles, the day of the week upon which they were born. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. 315. The Latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, north or south. It is reckoned in degrees, minutes, and seconds, and cannot exceed 90°, or a quadrant. 316. The Longitude... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1895 - 430 pages
...demijohns of 2 gal. 3 qt. 1 pt. each can be filled from it ? Ans. 45. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. 278. The Latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, north or south. It is reckoned in degrees, minutes, and seconds, and cannot exceed 90°, or a quadrant. 279. The Longitude... | |
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The Longitude of a place is its distance, east or west, from a given meridian. It is reckoned in degrees, minutes, and seconds, and cannot exceed 180°, or a semicircumference. 