The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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Page 53
... longitude . It is about two miles from the north - east corner of the island , which projection is known as Fort Point . It is a port of entry , and the principal seaport city of the state . Galveston is the county seat of Galveston ...
... longitude . It is about two miles from the north - east corner of the island , which projection is known as Fort Point . It is a port of entry , and the principal seaport city of the state . Galveston is the county seat of Galveston ...
Page 154
... longitude 8 ° 54 ′ 15 ′′ E. By rail Genoa is 115 English miles N.E. of Nice and 119 miles N.W. of Leghorn . The city , as seen from the sea , is " built nobly , " and deserves the title it has acquired or assumed of the Superb . Finding ...
... longitude 8 ° 54 ′ 15 ′′ E. By rail Genoa is 115 English miles N.E. of Nice and 119 miles N.W. of Leghorn . The city , as seen from the sea , is " built nobly , " and deserves the title it has acquired or assumed of the Superb . Finding ...
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... longitude . To determine by actual measurement on the ground the length of a side of one of the triangles , wherefrom to infer the lengths of all the other sides in the triangulation , is not the least difficult operation of a ...
... longitude . To determine by actual measurement on the ground the length of a side of one of the triangles , wherefrom to infer the lengths of all the other sides in the triangulation , is not the least difficult operation of a ...
Page 169
... longitude measured from west to east ; and s the distance AB . 8 P First compute a latitude 6 , by means of the formula 1 = $ + · cos a , where p is the radius of curvature of the meridian at the latitude ; this will require but four ...
... longitude measured from west to east ; and s the distance AB . 8 P First compute a latitude 6 , by means of the formula 1 = $ + · cos a , where p is the radius of curvature of the meridian at the latitude ; this will require but four ...
Page 170
... longitude , tables of the logarithmic values of p sin 1 " , n sin 1 " , and 2np sin 1 " are necessary . The following table contains these logarithms for every ten minutes of latitude from 52 ° to 53 ° computed with the elements a ...
... longitude , tables of the logarithmic values of p sin 1 " , n sin 1 " , and 2np sin 1 " are necessary . The following table contains these logarithms for every ten minutes of latitude from 52 ° to 53 ° computed with the elements a ...
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