 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1844 - 356 pages
...the difference of longitude between Athens and Batavia ? PROBLEM vi. To find the Distance of any two Places on the Globe Lay the graduated edge of the...places, and the degrees between them, multiplied by 69J, will give the distance in English miles. Thus the distance between the Lizard point and the island... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1844 - 362 pages
...Madagascar and Otaheite ? — between Mecca and Calcutta? PROBLEM vi. To find the Distance of any two Places on the Globe. Lay the graduated edge of the...altitude over both places, and the degrees between them, multiplied"by 69J, will give the distance in English miles. Thus the distance between the Lizard point... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1844 - 306 pages
...42i°west. 22i° north, 88i°east. PROBLEM W. 'I'a find the distance between any tao places. RULE.— Lay the quadrant of altitude over both places, and the...degrees between them multiplied by 69i will give the English miles. What is the distance between the Island of Bermuda and St. Helena t A. 73 jx 694=5109*... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1848 - 486 pages
...comprehended between two places ? PROBLEM IX. To find the shortest distance between two places. RULE. Lay the graduated edge of the quadrant of altitude over both places, so that the division marked 0 may be over one of them, and the degree over the other will show the... | |
 | B. S. Booth - 1852 - 32 pages
...Rome, Algiers & Cairo, Calcutta and Pékin, Mexico & New York, London & the capitals of Europe. By the Globe. Lay the graduated edge of the quadrant of altitude over the two places and count the degrees between them ; Or, lightly stretch a string over them, and apply... | |
 | David Harrison Pierson - 1854 - 194 pages
...Betwet Jount Hecla and Mount Etna ? Between Paris and Glasgow ? 10. To FIND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ANY TWO PLACES ON THE GLOBE. Lay the graduated edge of the quadrant of altitude over the two places, and the number of degrees between them multiplied by 60, will be thi distance required... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - 1854 - 154 pages
...Calcutta. 8. Quebec. PROBLEM VI. To find the distance between any two places on the globe. RULE. — Lay the graduated edge of the quadrant of altitude* over both places, so that the division marked 0, may be on one of them ; and the number of degrees between them, reduced... | |
 | Sarah S. Cornell - 1857 - 422 pages
...will be found the place required. PROBLEM VIII. TO FIND THE DISTANCE RETWEEN ANY TWO PLACES. Rule,— Lay the graduated edge of the quadrant of altitude over both places ; the degrees on the quadrant comprehended between the two places multiplied by 60 will give their... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - 1859 - 438 pages
...together, and the sum will be the difference required.* PROBLEM 4. — To find the distance between any two places on the globe. Lay the graduated edge of the quadrant of altitude over both the places, and count the number of degrees intercepted between them; which being multiplied by 60... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1861 - 364 pages
...together, and the sum will be the difference required.* PROBLEM 4.—To find the distance between any two places on the globe. Lay the graduated edge of the quadrant of altitude over both the places and count the number of degrees intercepted between them; which being multiplied by 60 for... | |
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To find the distance between any two places on the globe. Lay the graduated edge of the quadrant of altitude over both the places and count the number of degrees intercepted between them; which being multiplied by 60 for geographical, or t;9r'n for English... 
