 | 1804 - 572 pages
...meridian, in latitude 52° 2" 20", is 60820 fathoms, on the suppostion that the whole arc subtends an angle of 2° 50' 23"-38 in the heavens, and a distance of 1036337 feet on the surface of the earth. —Now, the length of degrees from the equator to the poles increases, and the increase varies as the... | |
 | 1819 - 452 pages
...correction. " From this measurement it appears that the length of a degree of the meridian, in lat. 52° 2' 20" is 60820 fathoms; this conclusion is deduced...supposition of the whole arc subtending an angle of 2o 50* 23',4 in the heavens, and a distance of 1O36337 feet on the surface of the earth. The length... | |
 | 1819 - 452 pages
...this measurement it appears that the length of a degree of the meridian, in lat. 52° 2' 20" is 60880 fathoms; this conclusion is deduced from the supposition of the whole arc subtending an angle of 2o 50'' 23",4 in the heavens, and a distance of 1036337 feet on the surface of the earth. The length... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...appears, that the length of a degree on the meridian in latitude 52° 2' 20" is 60,820 fathoms, supposing the whole arc subtending an angle of 2° 50* 23*.38, in the heavens, and a distance of 1,036,337 feet on the surface of the earth. The length of the degree at the middle point (51° 35'... | |
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From this measurement it appears, that the length of a degree on the meridian, in latitude 52° 2' 20", is 60820 fathoms. This conclusion is deduced from the supposition of the whole arc subtending an angle of 2° 50' 23",38 in the heavens, and a distance... 