...an instrument, called, from that circumstance, a Transit Instrument. The distance of a heavenly body north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds of space, is called its north or south declination. If the right ascension and declination of a star...

...each other. The equator is taken as one of the lines ; a standard meridian as the other. Latitude is distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds. Places are in north or in south latitude according as they are north or south of the equator. Places...

...each other. The equator is taken as one of the lines; a standard meridian as the other. Latitude is distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds. Places are in north or in south latitude according as they are north -or south of the equator. Places...

...say — the sun is never directly over the equator, and declination is its distance at any given time north or south of the equator, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds. This cannot be learned by any observations from a ship at sea. It is comparatively simple, however,...

...approximate great circles, and distances may be measured with a high degree of accuracy. Latitude.— Distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds of arc. Line of position. -A short section of a circle of position; in reality, a tangent to a circle...