The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts (1915)
Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 102
measured in degrees of a circle, insteadof in miles. The equator is called 0 (zero) degrees, and the north andsouth poles are 90 degrees from the equator, as shown in Fig. 93.If you are in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or Quincy, Illinois, orTehama, California, you are in latitude 40 degrees. If you… … Fig. 96.—Two Sticks ScrewedTogether. NORTH STAR,* (1) An easy way to find roughly the latitude of a place,that is, its distance from the equator, is to use a dipping needleand a protractor. To make a protractor cut outa semi-circle of stiff, white card-board, just the size shown in Fig.93, and mark…
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