 | John Hamilton Moore - 1791 - 578 sider
...when a Ship is failing towards the. Equator, or decreafes her Latitude, ihe depreifes the elevated Pole ; that is, its' Diftance from the Horizon decreafes...equal to the Elevation of the Pole above the Horizon. This Circle is repreiented by the Mariner's Compafs, divided in» 32 Points or F.humbs, each 11° 15'.... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - 1807 - 586 sider
...ihe deprefles the elevated pole ; that is, its diftance from the Horizon decreafes ; confcquently, the latitude of a place is always equal to the elevation...Teacher will, perhaps, find it convenient to have л Globe, or Map df the World, before him, whereon he can point out the fevcral Pufitions> Latitudes,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1841 - 516 sider
...latitude is either north or south, as the place is situated on the north or south side of the equator. The latitude of a place is always equal to the elevation of the pole above the horizon of that place. League is the 20th part of a degree. Longitude is the distance of a place eastward or... | |
 | François Arago - 1848 - 108 sider
...follows from this construction that the distance from the zenith to the equator, or the latitude of the place, is always equal to the elevation of the pole above the horizon. In this situation the circles described by the stars are inclined to the horizon, whence this position... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1850 - 604 sider
...equal to each other, but for the slight polar compression, as stated in a preceding paragraph (52). As the latitude of a place is always equal to the elevation of the pole, it is readily found in the northern hemisphere, by taking the altitude of the polar star with the quadrant,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 1016 sider
...latitude is either north or south, as the place is situated on the north or south side of the equator. The latitude of a place is always equal to the elevation of the pole above the horizon of that place. League is the 20th part of a degree. 15 put of a circle, it is necessarily greatest... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1882 - 262 sider
...north and 90° south respectively. In the northern hemisphere the problem is readily solved, for as the latitude of a place is always equal to the elevation of the pole, it is only necessary to take the altitude of the Pole-star with the quadrant, making allowance for... | |
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Horizon decreafes ; confequently, the latitude of a place is always equal to the elevation of the pole above the Horizon. 