 | John Radford Young - 1833 - 308 σελίδες
...the equator intercepted between the meridians of those places, or the measure of the angle which they include; hence, when the longitudes of the places...other. 6. The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, measured on the meridian of the place. Latitude, therefore, is north or south, according... | |
 | 1836 - 48 σελίδες
...equinoctial points. 12. The solstitial colures are the meridians passing through the solstitial points. 13. The latitude of a place is its distance north or south of the equator, and is reckoned in degrees and minutes. It is measured on an arc of the meridian and cannot exceed... | |
 | Charles William Hackley - 1838 - 328 σελίδες
...equator, intercepted between the meridians of those places, or the measure of the angle which they include ; hence, when the longitudes of the places...other. 6. The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, measured on the meridian of the place. Latitude, therefore, is north or south, according... | |
 | Charles William Hackley - 1838 - 338 σελίδες
...the equator, intercepted between the meridians o those places, or the measure of the angle which they include ; hence, when the longitudes of the places...they are of contrary denominations the difference js found by adding the one to the other. 6. The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator,... | |
 | John Radford Young - 1848 - 384 σελίδες
...the equator intercepted between the meridians of those places, or the measure of the angle which they include ; hence, when the longitudes of the places are of the same denominaiion, that is, either both east or both west, the difference is found by subtracting the one... | |
 | William Thomas Read - 1862 - 144 σελίδες
...circles, passing round the Earth, parallel to, or running in the same direction with, the equator. 11. The latitude of a place is its distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian, or the arc or part of a meridian, intercepted between the place and the equator. 12. The... | |
 | James Burns (publisher.) - 1867 - 232 σελίδες
...first meridian. "* Parallels of latitude are circles drawn round the globe parallel with the equator. The latitude of a place is its distance north or south of the equator. The Tropics are two circles like the parallels of latitude, drawn north and south of the equator. The... | |
 | David M. Warren - 1881 - 138 σελίδες
...Equator is said to be in North Latitude, and every place south of the Equator is in South Latitude. 6. The Latitude of a place is its distance north or south of the Equator. G. Longitude. — It is not enough to know how far a place is from the Equator — -we must also know... | |
 | Gurley, W. & L. E., Troy, N.Y. - 1878 - 284 σελίδες
...the sun is its angular-elevation above the horizon, when passing the meridian of a place THE LAKTUDE of a place is its distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian. At the equator the latitude is 0°, at the poles 90°. THE LONGITUDE of a place is its... | |
 | Mark James Barrington- Ward - 1879 - 68 σελίδες
...globe they are seen to be quite straight, running round the Earth in the same way as the Equator does. The Latitude of a place is its distance north or south of the Equator. The Parallels of Latitude are always the same distance apart. They are drawn north and south of the... | |
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... 6. The latitude of a place is its distance north or south of the equator, measured on the meridian of the place. 
