Lines of longitude are drawn from the North Pole to the South Pole on the globe. From LearnThat.org.
The rest of the story of the telegraphic longitude is short. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences of an Astronomer] Reference
And so I started to read that review and I noticed the word longitude came up very soon. From Wordnik.com. [Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time] Reference
And the third time he mentioned the word longitude, I thought, ` He's read my book and he liked it. '. From Wordnik.com. [Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time] Reference
This noon she was eight miles east of yesterday's position, yet to-day's position, in longitude, was within. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 43] Reference
In the days before global positioning satellites, a chronometer - a super-accurate clock - was used to help ascertain longitude on the seas. From Wordnik.com. [The meaningful sounds that signal the end of a military day] Reference
Fifty years ago the longitude was the great difficulty with navigators. From Wordnik.com. [Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale] Reference
It would give the island 2300 leagues of longitude, that is from east to west. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Incas] Reference
This being the longer way of measuring the earth, it is called longitude which means length. From Wordnik.com. [The geographical reader : for the Dixie children,] Reference
The discovery of the latitude is easily effected by the quadrant, but the longitude is the difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844] Reference
Their longitude is the fame, their day and night of the fame length; but they have contrary poles and feafons. From Wordnik.com. [A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels : containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America] Reference
He was in 28 degrees south latitude and 112 degrees west longitude, that is to say, he was in the immediate neighbourhood of Easter Island. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century] Reference
The longitude is - 97. 477W. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » DeMint Claims That Republican Senators Just Wanted ‘Some Debate And A Vote’ On Obama’s Nominees] Reference
Captain Cook was now nearly in the same longitude which is assigned to. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods] Reference
Every longitude which is given in the course of this voyage is reckoned by the distance from Greenwich, going from West to East. From Wordnik.com. [A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1] Reference
It runs approximately along the 180 degree longitude. From Wordnik.com. [Show Us Your ID] Reference
She soon learned how to calculate latitude and longitude. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
And he followed them by giving their latitude and longitude. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
Species may thrive in a given latitude and longitude for ages. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Dakota Divorcee] Reference
It is not limited by parallels of latitude, or meridians of longitude. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
"I fancy Captain Mentor can supply our longitude and latitude," answered Tom. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
Its latitude stays constant but the longitude twitches as much as 121 degrees. From Wordnik.com. [Admiral Cheng Ho's Lost Compass] Reference
If there is longitude there is latitude given to the ones who go out into freedom. From Wordnik.com. [A Mess] Reference
It begins: 'In port; longitude whatever you like, and latitude an ice cream soda.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem] Reference
(Their obsessions: street maps, road atlases, the lines of longitude and latitude.). From Wordnik.com. [Petunias] Reference
But at length he handed Tom a piece of paper with the latitude and longitude written on it. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
"Can you compute our longitude and latitude, Captain Mentor," asked the millionaire yacht owner. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
New York, pushed the case in 1869 for four time zones, each the width of 15 degrees of longitude. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
Each place-name is followed by its location in degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude, respectively. From Wordnik.com. [Birds from Coahuila, Mexico] Reference
Its eastern border is very vague, but may be said to coincide approximately with the 45th parallel of longitude. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
It lies in thirty-two degrees and five minutes north latitude, and in longitude seventy-nine degrees five minutes. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
"Let your light so shine" is a precept that knows no times nor seasons as it knows neither latitude nor longitude. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
In this zone, between roughly 75W and 45W longitude, the winds aloft have seldom been directed toward North America. From Wordnik.com. [Risk for U.S. hurricane landfall increasing] Reference
At 9 degrees 30 minutes south latitude, 116 degrees 47 minutes west longitude, we are 1,318 nautical miles from land. From Wordnik.com. [Bringing The World With Us--Virtually] Reference
A dynamic shading system automatically opens and closes shades based on time of day and the longitude and latitude of the home. From Wordnik.com. [Looking at the future of the energy-efficient home at the 2009 Solar Decathlon] Reference
If you will come below with me, I will give you the exact longitude and latitude where we picked up the two sailors in the open boat. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar] Reference
Its built-in geo-tagging feature records the latitude and longitude where each shot was taken and embeds them in the picture's file. From Wordnik.com. [Digital cameras for traveling] Reference
A reasonable system of time zones was established in 1884, the hour changing with every 15 degrees of longitude, starting at Greenwich. From Wordnik.com. [TURNING TO 'GOD'S TIME'] Reference
In this case, instead of a northward turn over the Central Atlantic, the recurvature could take place at a longitude much closer to home. From Wordnik.com. [Hurricanes keep avoiding U.S., will it continue?] Reference
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