Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice) tr · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 245
of theequator, in the di-rection of the Northand South poles,respectively. Thelongitudes are reck-oned from somepoint either to Eastor West: the lati-tudes are reckonedNorth and South,from the equator.In going from East to West, or inversely, the longitudechanges, but in passing from north to South… … Fig. 62.—The divisions of the globe.Longitudes and latitudes. THE EARTH latitude of Paris (48^ 50) it is only 26,431,900 meters.A point situated at the equator has more ground totravel over in order to accomplish its rotation in tv^enty-four hours than a point nearer the pole. We have already…
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