 | John Drew - 1853 - 386 sider
...The connexion of navigation with astronomy demands a few observations on the subject of that science. The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator measured in degrees. This circle may be looked upon as a natural division of the earth into two hemispheres,... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1854 - 446 sider
...when they are of the same name, and to the sum of the longitudes, when they are of different names. 8. The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, measured on the meridian of the place, and is north or south according as the place lies north or south of the equator. 9. The small circles... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - 1855 - 628 sider
...LAT'I-TUDE. [L. latitude, breadth]. The latitude of a place on the surface of the earth, is its angular distance from the equator, measured on the meridian of the place. Latitude is north or south, according as the place is north or south of the equator. Circles whose planes arc... | |
 | Edward J. Henessey - 1859 - 82 sider
...horizon, hr sensible horizon. If 0 be a celestial object, OY is its altitude, Z 0 its zenith distance. The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator measured on a meridian. Since A is the place of a spectator on the meridian, the arc AE measures his latitude,... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1875 - 884 sider
...the great circle constituting the earth's polar circumference. (See DEGREE.) Technically expressed, the latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, measured by the angle which the horizon plane of the place makes with the earth's axis, or by the angle which... | |
 | Sophia S. Cornell - 1878 - 124 sider
...is the greater part of the land on the globe situated ? What is meant by the latitude of a place ? The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator measured in degrees. Where are the degrees of latitude marked on maps ? The degrees of latitude are marked on... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1883 - 244 sider
...the head-rope of a bonnet for lacing it. (See Bonnet.) Lateen. — A triangular sail. Latitude. — The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, measured by an arch of meridian. Latitude in. — The latitude at which a ship arrives. Latitude left. — The... | |
 | Richard S. Peale - 1890 - 548 sider
...which brings each pole \T,/Í miles nearer the center than are the points that lie on the equator. The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, measured on its own meridian. Latitude is either north or south, and is reckoned in degrees (from о to 9x1), minutes... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1899 - 650 sider
...their point of intersection. The distance between the equator and either pole is divided into 90°. The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, measured in degrees, FIG. 3. • minutes, and seconds along the meridian passing through the place. The longitude... | |
 | 1906 - 590 sider
...their point of intersection. The distance between the equator and either pole is divided into 90°. The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, measured in degrees, FIG. a. minutes, and seconds along the meridian passing through the place. The longitude... | |
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The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, measured on the meridian of the place, and is north or south according as the place lies north or south of the equator. 
