 Projection. drawn of the required length for the equator. This line is divided into 36, 24, or 18 equal parts, for meridians at 10°, 15°, or 20° apart, and the meridians are then drawn through these perpendicular to AB. From a table of meridional parts...  The elements of physiography - Page 164by John J. Prince - 1877Full view - About this book
 | Charles Grenfell Nicolay - Cartography - 1852 - 482 pages
...parts in the table just alluded to, (and which is also called a table of increasing latitudes,) are the number of minutes of a degree of longitude at the equator comprised between that great circle and every parallel of latitude up to 89°. It would be foreign to our object to enter... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 852 pages
...apart, and the meridians are then drawn through these perpendicular to AB. From a table of meridional parts (a table of the number of minutes of a degree...arctic circles from the equator, and mark them off to the north and south of it. Join these points, and the projection is made. This projection, of course,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 858 pages
...apart, and the meridians are then drawn through these perpendicular to AB. From a table of meridional parts (a table of the number of minutes of a degree...arctic circles from the equator, and mark them off to the north and south of it. Join these points, and the projection is made. This projection, of course,... | |
 | Ephraim Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1870 - 850 pages
...apart, and the meridians are then drawn through these perpendicular to AB. From a table of meridional parts (a table of the number of minutes of a degree of longitude at the equator comprised l>etween that and every parallel of latitude up to 89°), take the distances of the parallels and of... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1877 - 526 pages
...the meridians are then drawn through these perpendicular to the equator. I''rom a table of meridional parts (a table of the number of minutes of a degree...between that and every parallel of latitude up to $11°) take the distances of the parallels and of the tropics and arctic circles from the equator,... | |
 | Andrew Findlater - Geomorphology - 1883 - 176 pages
...apart, and the meridians are then drawn through these perpendicular to AB. From a table of meridional parts (a table of the number of minutes of a degree...longitude at the equator comprised between that and Fig. 26. every parallel of latitude up to 80°) take the distance of the parallels and of the tropics... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1884 - 542 pages
...equator comprised between that and every par.'dlol of latitude up to Ml') take the distances of tlie parallels and of the tropics and arctic circles from the equator, and mark them oil' above and below it. Join these points, and tlie projection is complete. In the choice of details... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1891 - 1590 pages
...apart, and the meridians are then drawn through these perpendicular to AB. From a table of meridional parts ( a table of the number of minutes of a degree...parallel of latitude up to 89°) take the distances or the parallels, tropics, and arctic circles from the equator, and mark them off to north and south... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 966 pages
...meridians are then drawn through these perpendicular to AB. From a Mape». Marabou. table of meridional parts (a table of the number of minutes of a degree...of the tropics and arctic circles from the equator, &nd mark them off to the north and south of it. Join these points, and the projection u made. This... | |
 | 1891 - 846 pages
...apart, and the meridians are then drawn through these perpendicular to AB. From a table of meridional parts (a table of the number of minutes of a degree...latitude up to 89°) take the distances of the parallels, tropics, and arctic circles from the equator, and mark them off to north and south of it. Join these... | |
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