 | Jacob Abbot Cummings - Cartography - 1825 - 216 pages
...also divided into two parts, called the Eastern and the Western Hemisphere. When a place is situated north of the Equator, it is said to be in north latitude ; when south of, the Equator, in south latitude. 1 • % • « MAPS. Latitude is reckoned in degrees,... | |
 | Aaron Arrowsmith - Geography - 1831 - 970 pages
...Latitude of a place is it's nearest distance from the Equator, either North or South ; when the place is North of the Equator, it is said to be in North Latitude, when South of the Equator, it is in South Latitude. And, because the Equator 1 Terra pilic similis,... | |
 | Aaron Arrowsmith - 1832 - 546 pages
...Latitude of a place is its nearest distance from the Equator, either North or South ; when the place is North of the Equator it is said to be in North Latitude, when South of the Equator it is in South Latitude. And, because the Equator divides the Earth into... | |
 | S. H. Archer - Geography - 1835 - 92 pages
...world. Latitude means side, and is reckoned sideways, or North and South from the equator. If a place is North of the equator it is said to be in North latitude, if south, in South latitude. The figures expressing latitude are generally found on the sides of the map. Longitude... | |
 | John B. Fairfield - Geography - 1842 - 150 pages
...degrees. The figures representing the latitude of a place are on the sides of a map. If a place is north of the equator it is said to be in north latitude ; if south of the equator it is in south latitude. The longitude of a place is its distance from any established meridian, as... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - Geography - 1859 - 438 pages
...of the earth, see page 14. The LATITUDE of a place is its distance from the equator. If a place is north of the equator, it is said to be in NORTH LATITUDE, and if south, in SOUTH LATITUDE. It is evident, that the entire northern hemisphere is in north latitude,... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - Geography - 1861 - 364 pages
...circles, namely, the meridians."] The LATITUDE of a place is its distance from the equator. If a place is north of the equator, it is said to be in NORTH LATITUDE, and if south, in SOUTH LATITUDE. It is evident, that the entire northern hemisphere is in north latitude,... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - Geography - 1862 - 432 pages
...circles, namely, the meridians."] The LATITUDE of a place is its distance from the equator. If a place is north of the equator, it is said to be in NORTH LATITUDE, and if south, in SOUTH LATITUDE. It is evident, that the entire northern hemisphere is in north latitude,... | |
 | Alfonzo Gardiner - 1872 - 90 pages
...p. 78, Lesson 22 — Tuesday.— Geography. Write and Learn. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. If a place is north of the equator it is said to be in north latitude, if south of the equator it is said to be in south latitude. Latitude is distance north or south from the equator. Lines drawn... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1872 - 198 pages
...geography, and for travellers and voyagers, who could not, in fact, do without them. If a place is north of the equator it is said to be in north latitude, and if south of the equator, in south latitude. Now, just as the equator is drawn round the globe midway... | |
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The LATITUDE of a place is its distance from the equator. If a place is north of the equator, it is said to be in NORTH LATITUDE, and if south, in SOUTH LATITUDE. It is evident, that the entire northern hemisphere is in north latitude, and the entire... 
