Determination of the Difference of Longitude Between Washington and Paris 1913 1914
above , corresponding to a Washington - Paris longitude of 5h 17m 36571 . This
depends on the adjustment of the Washington - Greenwich longitude made by
SCHOTT in 1897 , which gave for that longitude 51 gm 15978 + 0 : 05 . SCHOTT
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Author: United States Naval Observatory
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Category: Longitude
Page: 100
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The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea Or Land
The Board of Longitude ordered Mr . Kendal ( one of the Committee ) to construct
a time - keeper upon the fame principles . This instrument was committed to the
care of Mr . Wales , in his voyage round the world with Captain Cook , in the ...
Author: Andrew Mackay
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Category: Latitude
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Longitude by Wire
So in 1912 , when Professor Doctor Friedrich Robert Helmert , director of the
Royal Prussian Geodetic Institute in Potsdam , Germany , proposed a
transatlantic telegraph longitude measurement , Otto Tittmann , the
superintendent of the U . S ...
Author: Richard Stachurski
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570038013
Category: History
Page: 239
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Portuguese and Spanish Attempts to Measure Longitude in the 16th Century
Attempts to measure longitude were made in the 16th century for three different
purposes ; astrology , cartography and navigation . Here we shall only be
concerned with cartography and navigation . The act of measurement was
undertaken in ...
Author: W. G. L. Randles
Publisher: UC Biblioteca Geral 1
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Category: Geodesy
Page: 21
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A Practical Method for Finding the Longitude and Latitude of a Ship at Sea by Observations of the Moon
L E III , To reduce the True Dift . observed to the Diff . of their Longitudes . ...
ARTICLE I. To find the True Tabular Longitude , Latitude , Diameter , and Pa .
rallax of the Moon ; also the Longitude and Diameter of the Sun , with the hourly
Motions ...
Author: Robert Waddington
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Category: Geographical positions
Page: 88
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A Supplement to the Treatise for Finding the Longitude
Containing All the Requisites for the Ready Computing and Obtaining the
Longitude of a Ship Or Place, ... To which are Added, Tables of the Declination of
the Sun, ... Also, the Most Practical Method of Obtaining the Variation of the
Compass, .
Author: Robert Waddington
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Page: 45
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Latitude and Longitude Read Read Read Your Map Hands On Activity
You pick up his/her trail again outside Punta Arenas (latitude: _____, longitude:
_____), which is ______ of Rio. It's a good thing he/she dressed warmly because
he/she is heading straight for Antarctica! By the time you reach Antarctica, ...
Author: Sarah D. Giese
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1425878032
Category: Social Science
Page: 8
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A practical introduction to finding the Longitude at sea by lunar observations also to spherics and nautical Astronomy etc
REWARDS FOR FINDING THE LONGITUDE AT SEA . The first who offered a
reward for the discovery of the longitude at sea was Phillip III . king of Spain , in
the year 1598 ; and soon after , the States of Holland followed his example .
Author: Thomas EVANS (Lieut. R.N.)
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Discovery of Longitude The
The Discovery of Longitude By Joan Marie Galat Illustrated by Wes Lowe Fr
recognizable landmarks and the stars , Discover the fascinating story behind one
of the most important changes to nautical navigation . Long ago , sailors risked
their ...
Author: Joan Marie Galat
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781455616374
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page: 32
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Latitude Longitude and Direction
People most often used it to gure out longitude while at sea. People set the watch
to the time at a known longitude. They gured out the time it was where they were
by looking at the Sun.They used the difference in times to calculate their ...
Author: Julia J. Quinlan
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1448861578
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page: 24
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Latitude and Longitude Grid and Bear It Hands On Activity
Distribute Introduction to Latitude and Longitude and read it as a class. Lead the
class through Latitude and Longitude Notes, diagramming first latitude and then
longitude. Use the answer keys on pages 46–47 to guide your model diagrams.
Author: Sarah D. Giese
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1425878024
Category: Social Science
Page: 10
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The Transatlantic Longitude as Determined by the Coast Survey Expeditionof 1866
Using the values above cited , the following are the determinations of the
longitude of Washington from Greenwich which have appeared best entitled to
confidence in recent years . I. From Eclipses and Occultations . These furnished
the ...
Author: Benjamin Apthorp Gould (Jr)
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Page: 101
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Star tables for ascertaining the longitude and latitude at sea
This correction , or equation , is common to every fixed Star ; it depends entirely
on the Longitude , and must be taken out therewith ; consequently the correction
will be the same for one Star as for another in the same Longitude . EXAMPLE .
Author: Thomas Lynn
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Page: 1845
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A practical introduction to finding the longitude at sea by lunar observations also to spherics and nautical astronomy
year 1716 , a reward of 100 , 000 livres was promised by the Duke of Orleans ,
who at that time was regent of France . John Werner , of Nurenburg , appears to
be the first who proposed the method of finding the longitude at sea , by
observing ...
Author: Thomas Evans
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On the Longitude and the easiest methods of ascertaining the same
To find the longitude by the sun's meridian altitude . RULE . From the sun's
observed , find his true meridian altitude at ship in the usual way . Take the
latitude from 90 ° , the remainder will be the co - latitude , to which add the sun's
declination ...
Author: Arthur Wellington PRICE
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A Proposal for Discovering Our Longitude
Et commençant notre calcul de Longitude à Bethléem , & par cette partie des
cieux qui lui etoit zenithale lors que notre sauveur Jesus Christ y daigna naitre
pour nous , cela marquera notre reconnoissance Chretienne ; & ' en fixant l'ere
du ...
Author: Jane Squire
Publisher:
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Category: Longitude
Page: 115
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The method of finding the longitude at sea by timekeepers to which are added Tables of equations to equal altitudes
If the latitude had been south , it would have changed the sign ta + . In Table II ,
supposing the sun's longitude to be 2 : 10 : the equation is 05 65 when the half
interval is 5. 10 :, and 0 : 53 when it is 5. 20 :, the difference is 0 : 12. And 10 is to
7 !
Author: William WALES (F.R.S.)
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L automate de longitude Nouveau syst me d hydrom trie etc
d'embaras , inseparables de l'hydromé trie en conjecture , par . le loch & la ligne ;
qui est cependant la seule maniere pratiquée , dont on se sert aujourdhui en mer
, pour prendre la longitude ; car les éclipses du Soleil & de la Lune , les ...
Author: Allain PITOT
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Page: 24
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The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea Or Land to Whic are Added Various Methods of Determining the Latitude of a Place by Andrew Mackay in Two Volumes
In table xxxv . is the greatest effect of the correction of the Moon's parallax in
longitude , which takes place , when the Moon's longitude is either 0 , III . vi . or ix
signs . The correction answering to any other longitude may be found thus : To
the ...
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New methods of finding the longitude either at sea or on shore by messrs Yarrow and T Lynn c
EXAMPLE I . Required , the Sun ' s Right Ascension at 7 hours A . M . on the 11th
September 1827 ( civil reckoning ) , in Longitude 28° West ? D . H . M . S .
Apparent time at the Ship . . 10 . 19 . 0 . 0 Art . ( 819 ) Longitude 28° West = add 1
.
Author: Thomas Yarrow
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Page: 80
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