 | Jacob Abbot Cummings - 1825 - 216 ページ
...also divided into two parts, called the Eastern and the Western Hemisphere. When a place is situated north of the Equator, it is said to be in north latitude ; when south of, the Equator, in south latitude. 1 • % • « MAPS. Latitude is reckoned in degrees,... | |
 | Aaron Arrowsmith - 1831 - 970 ページ
...The Latitude of a place is it's nearest distance from the Equator, either North or South ; when the place is North of the Equator, it is said to be in North Latitude, when South of the Equator, it is in South Latitude. And, because the Equator 1 Terra pilic similis,... | |
 | Aaron Arrowsmith - 1832 - 546 ページ
...The Latitude of a place is its nearest distance from the Equator, either North or South ; when the place is North of the Equator it is said to be in North Latitude, when South of the Equator it is in South Latitude. And, because the Equator divides the Earth into... | |
 | S. H. Archer - 1835 - 92 ページ
...equal in all parts of the world. Latitude means side, and is reckoned sideways, or North and South from the equator. If a place is North of the equator it is said to be in North latitude, if south, in South latitude. The figures expressing latitude are generally found on the sides of the... | |
 | John B. Fairfield - 1842 - 150 ページ
...is reckoned in degrees. The figures representing the latitude of a place are on the sides of a map. If a place is north of the equator it is said to be in north latitude ; if south of the equator it is in south latitude. The longitude of a place is its distance from any... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1861 - 364 ページ
...all of the same length, because they are the 360th parts of equal circles, namely, the meridians."] The LATITUDE of a place is its distance from the equator....position. In fact, it is merely saying, that it is either m the northern or southern hemisphere, or half of the globe. Its precise distance not only from the... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1872 - 198 ページ
...those who study geography, and for travellers and voyagers, who could not, in fact, do without them. If a place is north of the equator it is said to be in north latitude, and if south of the equator, in south latitude. Now, just as the equator is drawn round the globe midway between... | |
 | Alfonzo Gardiner - 1872 - 90 ページ
...extra questions, p. 78, Lesson 22 — Tuesday.— Geography. Write and Learn. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. If a place is north of the equator it is said to be in north latitude, if south of the equator it is said to be in south latitude. Latitude is distance north or south from... | |
 | Alfonzo Gardiner - 1874 - 104 ページ
...from the storms and fogs to whieh it is subjeet in winter. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. C 3 — If a plaee is north of the equator it is said to be in north latitude, if south of the equator it is said to be south latitude. Latitude is distanee north or south from the... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1874 - 332 ページ
...place from the equator, measured in degrees (or 360ths) of its meridian, is called its Latitude. If north of the equator, it is said to be in north latitude ; if south of the equator, in south latitude. As either pole is 90° distant from the equator, the... | |
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The LATITUDE of a place is its distance from the equator. If a place is north of the equator, it is said to be in NORTH LATITUDE, and if south, in SOUTH LATITUDE. 
