 | J. Goldsmith - 1811 - 184 páginas
...degrees, from the meridian of another place ; n from the meridian of London, or Ferrol, or Paris, &c. The longitude of places upon maps is expressed by the figures which run along the top auci the bottom. When the figures increase from right to left, the longitude is we;it ; ami when they... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 256 páginas
...and minutes, from the meridian of another place ; as from the meridian of London, or Ferro, or Paris. The longitude of places upon maps, is expressed by the figures which run along the top and the bottom. When the figures increase from right to left, the longitude is west ; and when they increase... | |
 | Jacob Willetts - 1823 - 236 páginas
...down the sides. It' the figures increase upwards, the latitude is north, if downward, the latitude is south. Longitude is the distance of a place, in degrees,...from left to right, the longitude is east. In maps, ingeneial, the top is northward, the bottom southward, the right hand eastward, and the left hand westward.... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1826 - 294 páginas
...figures increase upward, the latitude is north ; if they increase downward, the latitude is south. 3. The longitude of places upon maps is expressed by...the top and bottom. When the figures increase from right to left, the longitude is west ; and when they increase from left to right, the longitude is... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1830 - 298 páginas
...figures increase upward, the latitude is north ; if they increase downward, the latitude is south. 3. The longitude of places upon maps is expressed by...the top and bottom. When the figures increase from right to left, the longitude is west; and when they increase from left to right, the longitude is east.... | |
 | Jacob Willetts - 1831 - 220 páginas
...upwards, the latitude is north, if downwards, the latitude i* south. Longitude is the distance of a phice in degrees, from the meridian of another place ; as...expressed by the figures which run along the top and botta*lf! When the figures increase from the right to the left, the longitude is wtst ; and when from... | |
 | sir Richard Phillips - 1834 - 248 páginas
...the latitude is south. ridian of another place; as from the meridian of London, or Ferro, or Paris. The longitude of places upon maps is expressed by the figures which run along the top and the bottom. When the figures increase from right to left, the longitude is west ; and when they increase... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1835 - 298 páginas
...on the Map of the World at the Equator; and the degrees of latitude round the sides of the Map.] If the figures increase - from the right to the left, the longitude is west; if from left to right, the longitude is east. POINTS OF THE COMPASS. A. Four ; viz. North,—East,—South,—West.... | |
 | Jacob Willetts - 1841 - 192 páginas
...longitude of a place, is its distance in degrees and minutes east or west of some fixed meridian. Longitude is expressed by the figures which run along the top and bottom of the map. If the figures increase from right to left, the longitude is west, if from left to right,... | |
 | sir Richard Phillips - 1868 - 354 páginas
...the meridian of another place ; as from the meridian of London, or Ferro, or Paris, &c. The l&ngitude of places upon maps is expressed by the figures which run along the top and the bottom. When the figures increase from right to left, the longitude is west ; and when they increase... | |
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The latitude of places upon maps is expressed by the figures which run up and down the sides. If the figures increase upward, the latitude is north ; if they increase downward, the latitude is south. 