...west. The longitude estimated one way or the other is called east longitude and west longitude •. C. The latitude of a place on the surface of the earth is its distance from the equator reckoned upon the meridian of the place. It is north latitude or south...

...instead of the more common appellation, equation of the first degree 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...

...satisfied only when the sun is on the meridian in the zenith. In such cases the two equal altitudes may be observed within a few minutes of each other, and all...of the place. In adopting the latter definition, it is to be remembered that a depression below the horizon is a negative altitude, and that south latitude...

...satisfied only when the sun is on the meridian in the zenith. In such cases the two equal altitudes may be observed within a few minutes of each other, and all...latitude of a place on the surface of the earth is the decimation of the zenith. It was also shown in Ai*t. 8 to be equal to the altitude of the north pole...

...earth is the arc of the Equator intercepted between the Prime Meridian and the meridian of the place. The LATITUDE of a place on the surface of the earth is the arc of the meridian intercepted between the Equator and the place. Longitudes are reckoned East and...

...is the most potent, though not the only cause in determining the climate of the several countries. 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 N. or S.,...

...N'n'T', formed by the intersection with the earth s surface of planes passed parallel to the equator. The Latitude of a place on the surface of the earth is the arc of the meridian intercepted between the equator and that place. Latitude is reckoned North and...