| Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1822 - 354 pages
...downward, it is south. Longitude is expressed by figures which run along the top and bottom of the map. If the figures increase from left to right, the longitude is east ; if from right to left, it is west. Lines drawn across the map from right to left, are called parallels of latitude. Lines... | |
| Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1834 - 196 pages
...on maps by figures on the top or bottom ; but on the map of the world, by figtires on the equator. If the figures increase from left to right, the longitude is east; if from right to left, it is west. 14. Lines drawn from the top to the bottom of maps, or, on the map of the world, from the... | |
| John White - 1836 - 234 pages
...Petersburg. What place is that of which the latitude is 51 4° N., and longitude 0 ? Ans. London. * If the figures increase from left to right, the longitude...east ; if from right to left, the longitude is west. What place has nearly 49" N. latitude, and 2^° E. longitude ? Ans. Paris. What place is situate in... | |
| Barnum Field - 1837 - 166 pages
...map of the World by figures on the equator, and on the other maps by figures at the top and bottom. If the figures increase from left to right, the longitude is east; if from right to left, it is west. Longitude cannot exceed 180 degrees, since this i* half the circumference of the earth.... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1838 - 300 pages
...he on the left hand side, are in west longitude. Or, if the figures on the top and bottom of the map increase from left to right, the longitude is east ; if from right to left, the longitude is west. Point to the meridian that passes through Washington, on the Map of the United States, and tell me... | |
| Barnum Field - 1840 - 168 pages
...map of the World by figures on the equator, and on the other maps by figures at the top and bottom. If the figures increase from left to right, the longitude is east; if from right t» left, it is west. Longitude cannot exceed 180 degrees, since this is half the circumference of... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1841 - 334 pages
...lie on the left hand side, are in west longitude. Or, if the figures on the top and bottom of the map increase from left to right, the longitude is east ; if from right to left, the longitude is west. Point to the meridian that passes through Washington, on the Map of the United States, and tell me... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1844 - 306 pages
...lie on the left hand side, are in west longitude. Or, if the figures on the top and bottom of the map increase from left to right, the longitude is east ; if from right to left, the longitude is west. Point to the meridian that passes through Washington, on the Map of the United States, and tell me... | |
| Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1844 - 356 pages
...expressed on maps by figures on the top or bottom ; but on the map of the world, by figures on the equator. If the figures increase from left to right, the longitude is east ; if from right to left, it is west. 2. What is a map ? 3. What is the map of the world ? 4 What are the two parts called ?... | |
| A G. Hamilton - 1850 - 296 pages
...side of the map increase upwards, the latitude is north ; if they increase downwards, it is south. + If the figures increase from left to right, the longitude...east; if from right to left, the longitude is west. scale adapted to the map, and you will have the distance in miles.* EXAMPLE.— What is the distance... | |
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