Science and art drawing : complete geometrical course ; consisting of plane and solid geometry, orthographic and isometric projection, projection of shadow's the principles of map projection, graphic arithmetic and graphic statics (1895)
Spanton, J. Humphrey (John Humphrey) · London : Macmillan · leaf 546
into a plane. This isnot possible with a sphere. Pig. 303 is an illustration of this method applied to a map PRINCIPLES OF MAP PROJECTION 525 of the AYoiid, and is called Mercators projection. This is basedon the development of a cylinder. The meridians are drawn parallel and equidistant.… … Fig. 303. tiou to the increased size of the degrees of longitude, caused bythe meridians being drawn parallel to each other instead ofmeeting at the poles. The degrees of latitude in Mercators projection are set offfrom tables of meridional arcs; but they can be approximatelydetermined by…
Geometrical drawing
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