 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1855 - 436 pàgines
...or angle. ~ "• CHAPTER V. LATITUDES AND DEPARTURES, (278) Definitions. The LATITUDE of a point is its distance North or South of some " Parallel of...LONGITUDE of a point is its distance East or West of some u Meridian" or line running North and South. In Compass-Surveying, the Magnetic Meridian, ie the direction... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1870 - 552 pàgines
...angle. pig. 1S9. CHAPTER V. LATITUDES AND DEPARTURES (278) Definitions. The LATITUDE of a point is ita distance North or South of some " Parallel of Latitude,"...-which the Magnetic Needle points, is the line from \vhich the Longitudes of points are measured, or reckoned. The distance -which one end of a line is... | |
 | Eugene Lamb Richards - 1880 - 108 pàgines
...of a line, read in one direction, is equal to its southing when read in the opposite direction. 207. The longitude of a point is its distance east or west of some fixed meridian. 208. The difference of longitude of two points is the distance between the meridians... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1887 - 722 pàgines
...the best oil of turpentine. LATITUDES AND DEPASTURES. 239. Definition!. The LATITUDE of a point is its distance north or south of some " Parallel of...north and south. In compasssurveying, the magnetic meridian—ie, the direction in which the magnetic needle points—is the line from which the longitudes... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1896 - 592 pàgines
...with the best oil of turpentine. LATITUDES AND DEPARTURES 239. Definitions. The LATITUDE of a point is its distance north or south of some " Parallel of...some " Meridian," or line running north and south. In compass. surveying, the magnetic meridian — ie, the direction in which the magnetic needle points... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1896 - 606 pàgines
...the best oil of turpentine. LATITUDES AND DEPARTURES. 239. Definitions. The LATITUDE of a point is its distance north or south of some " Parallel of Latitude," or line running east or west. The LONG1TUDE of a point is its distance east or west of some " Meridian," or line running north and south.... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1898 - 518 pàgines
...of the polygon ABCDEF G. LATITUDES AND DEPARTURES. 1328. Definitions.—The latitude of a point is its distance north or south of some "parallel of latitude" or line running east and west. The longitude of a point is its distance east or west of some meridian or line running north... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1899 - 798 pàgines
...of the polygon ABCDEF G. LATITUDES AND DEPARTURES. 1328. Definitions. — The latitude of a point is its distance north or south of some ''''parallel of latitude" or line running east and west. The longitude of a point is its distance east or west of some meridian or line running north... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1899 - 814 pàgines
...of the polygon ABCDEF G. LATITUDES AND DEPARTURES. 1328. Definitions. — The latitude of a point is its distance north or south of some ''parallel of latitude" or line running east and west The longitude of a point is its distance east or west of some meridian or line running north... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1900 - 732 pàgines
...formula 78, we have D = - = = fi8'18 * LATITUDES AND DEPARTURES. 1 131. The latitude of a point is its distance north or south of some "parallel of latitude, "or line running east and west. The departure of a point is its distance east or west of some meridian, or line running north... | |
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Latitude" or line running East or "West. The LONGITUDE of a point is its distance East or West of some "Meridian" or line running North and South. 
