... example, how many degrees north of the equator is New York City? Chicago? How many miles would that be? Instead, however, of saying that a place is a certain number of degrees north or south of the equator, we say that it is in so many degrees north... Teachers' Manual for Andrews' Tellurian Globe - Page 11by Howard H. Gross - 1885 - 78 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Thom (principal of Dollar inst.) - 1881 - 152 pages
...distance from the equator to either pole is 90°. These parallels divide this distance into equal parts. The latitude of a place is its distance in degrees north or south of the equator. But the latitude of a place is not sufficient to determine its exact position, for it is obvious that... | |
| Moffatt and Paige - 1881 - 152 pages
...degrees, or one quarter of the distance round the world. By the Latitude of a place we mean its distance north or south of the Equator. Places north of the Equator are in North Latitude, and places south of the Equator are in South Latitude. In order to find the latitude... | |
| Isaac Sharpless, George Morris Philips - Astronomy - 1882 - 326 pages
...Tuesday, in 1883 on "Wednesday, but in 1884 on Friday. 99. Latitude and Longitude. — The latitude of any place is its distance in degrees north or south of the equator. The longitude of a place is its distance in degrees east or west of some fixed meridian.1 The meridian... | |
| Education - 1885 - 630 pages
...compare the longitude and latitude of Edinburgh and Liverpool. Latitude is distance north or south from the equator. Places north of the equator are said to be in N. lat. ; places south of the equator in S. lat. Rotterdam, Berlin (nearly), Warsaw, Brest. Edinburgh... | |
| Ralph Stockman Tarr - 1910 - 148 pages
...equator, we say that it is in so many degrees north or south latitude. Latitude means simply the distance north or south of the equator. Places north of the equator are in north latitude, and those south of it, in south latitude. The circles running east and west, which... | |
| Ralph Stockman Tarr, Frank Morton McMurry - Geography - 1919 - 370 pages
...equator, we say that it is in so many degrees north or south latitude. Latitude means simply the distance north or south of the equator. Places north of the equator are in north latitude, and those south of it, in south latitude. The circles running east and west, which... | |
| Frank Morton McMurry, Almon Ernest Parkins - Geography - 1921 - 334 pages
...latitude ^^ ^ j sm SQ manv d e g re es north or south latitude. Latitude means simply the distance north or south of the equator. Places north of the equator are in north latitude, and those south of it, in south latitude. The circles running east and west, which... | |
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