An illustrated manual for the use of the terrestrial and celestial globes (1878)
Schedler, J · New York : E. Steiger · leaf 19
--- il ~ ficiency can be supplied by the metal meridian. When the sun reaches the meridian of any place (not within either of the polar circles), it is noon or midday at that place. The First Meridian is that from which geographers begin to reckon the longitudes of places. These are generally… … ble is 180°, which repre- sents half the distance round the earth, or the greatest distance from the first meridian; and this point is exactly opposite the first meridian on the other side of the earth ; from this point forward we are continually approaching the first meridian. Latitude. {Fig. 8)…
Globes · Celestial globes
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