 | John Hubbard Wilkins - 1822 - 158 pages
...stars is called the celestial equator. It is from the equator that latitude on the earth is reckoned. All places between the equator and the north pole...equator and the south pole are in south latitude. The latitude is greater, as the place is farther from the equator and nearer the poles. All circles,... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - 1825 - 151 pages
...stars is called the celestial equator. It is from the equator that latitude on the earth is reckoned. All places between the equator and the north pole...equator and the south pole are in south latitude. The latitude is greater, as the place is farther from the equator and nearer the poles. All circles,... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - 1829 - 202 pages
...stars is called the celestial equator. It is i.om the equator that latitude on the earth is reckoned. All places between the equator and the north pole...equator and the south pole are in south latitude. The latitude is greater, as the place is farther from the equator and nearer the poles. AH circles,... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - 1832 - 196 pages
...stars is called the celestial equator. It is \_om the equator that latitude on the earth is reckoned. All places between the equator and the north pole are in north latitude, and alt places between the equator and the south pole are in south latitude. The latitude is greater, as... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1845 - 180 pages
...called parallels of latitude, and are numbered 10, 20, 30, &c. These figures signify degrees. Those between the Equator and the North Pole, are in North Latitude ; and those between the Equator and the South Pole, are in South Latitude. The different parts of the earth... | |
 | Emma Willard - 1856 - 230 pages
...globe the brass ring, or brazen meridian, is that secondary of the equator on which we reckon latitude. All places between the equator and the north pole are in north latitude, and all between the equator and the south pole in south latitude. The number of degrees and minutes mentioned... | |
 | 1859 - 146 pages
...south pole and the equator. All places situated between the equator and the north pole are said to be in north latitude ; and all places between the equator and the south pole are said to be In south latitude ; the word " latitude " meaning " distance in degrees from the equator."... | |
 | Emma Willard - 1860 - 316 pages
...Globe the brass ring, or Brazen Meridian, is that Secondary of the Equator on which we reckon Latitude. All places between the Equator and the North Pole are in North Latitude, and all between the Equator and the South Pole in South Latitude. The number of degrees and minutes mentioned,... | |
 | Modern geographical readers - 1882 - 198 pages
...which is a degree of latitude. 5. Latitude is the distance of any place north or south of the equator. All places between the equator and the North Pole are in north latitude, those between the equator and the South Pole in south latitude. The parallel circles described above... | |
 | Mary Amelia Bennett - 1884 - 208 pages
...which is a degree of latitude. 5. Latitude is the distance of any place north or south of the equator. All places between the equator and the North Pole are in north latitude, those between the equator and the South Pole in south latitude. The parallel circles described above... | |
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All places between the equator and the north pole are in north latitude, and all places between the equator and the south pole are in south latitude. The latitude is greater, as the place is farther from the equator and nearer the poles. 
