 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1855 - 436 pages
...CHAPTER V. LATITUDES AND DEPARTURES, (278) Definitions. The LATITUDE of a point is its distance North or South of some " Parallel of Latitude" or line running...LONGITUDE of a point is its distance East or West of some u Meridian" or line running North and South. In Compass-Surveying, the Magnetic Meridian, ie the direction... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1870 - 552 pages
...CHAPTER V. LATITUDES AND DEPARTURES (278) Definitions. The LATITUDE of a point is ita distance North or South of some " Parallel of Latitude," or line...-which the Magnetic Needle points, is the line from \vhich the Longitudes of points are measured, or reckoned. The distance -which one end of a line is... | |
 | Nova Scotia. Supreme Court, John Morris Geldert, James Macdonald Oxley - 1880 - 568 pages
...of the true north more or less according to the locality ;" and at page 169, " In compass surveying the magnetic meridian, ie, the direction in which...magnetic needle points is the line from which the longitude of points are measured or reckoned. The distance which one end of a line is due north or... | |
 | Eugene Lamb Richards - 1880 - 108 pages
...of a line, read in one direction, is equal to its southing when read in the opposite direction. 207. The longitude of a point is its distance east or west of some fixed meridian. 208. The difference of longitude of two points is the distance between the meridians... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1887 - 722 pages
...turpentine. LATITUDES AND DEPASTURES. 239. Definition!. The LATITUDE of a point is its distance north or south of some " Parallel of Latitude," or line...north and south. In compasssurveying, the magnetic meridian—ie, the direction in which the magnetic needle points—is the line from which the longitudes... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1896 - 592 pages
...turpentine. LATITUDES AND DEPARTURES 239. Definitions. The LATITUDE of a point is its distance north or south of some " Parallel of Latitude," or line...some " Meridian," or line running north and south. In compass. surveying, the magnetic meridian — ie, the direction in which the magnetic needle points... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1896 - 606 pages
...turpentine. LATITUDES AND DEPARTURES. 239. Definitions. The LATITUDE of a point is its distance north or south of some " Parallel of Latitude," or line running east or west. The LONG1TUDE of a point is its distance east or west of some " Meridian," or line running north and south.... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1898 - 518 pages
...latitude of a point is its distance north or south of some "parallel of latitude" or line running east and west. The longitude of a point is its distance east...of some meridian or line running north and south. The meridian from which the longitude of a point is reckoned is the magnetic meridian. The distance... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1899 - 798 pages
...of a point is its distance north or south of some ''''parallel of latitude" or line running east and west. The longitude of a point is its distance east...of some meridian or line running north and south. The meridian from which the longitude of a point is reckoned is the magnetic meridian. The distance... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1899 - 814 pages
...of a point is its distance north or south of some ''parallel of latitude" or line running east and west The longitude of a point is its distance east...of some meridian or line running north and south. The meridian from which the longitude of a point is reckoned is the magnetic meridian. The distance... | |
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Longitudes of points are measured, or reckoned. The distance which one end of a line is due North or South of the other end, is called the Difference of Latitude of the two ends of the line ; or its Northing or Southing ; or simply its Latitude. 
