Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 1687 էջ |
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... tude of Dresden was nearly three minutes false : that of the observatory of Berlin was uncertain till 1806 , for nearly 25 seconds . In 1790 before the observations of Messrs . Barry and Henry , the position of the observatory of ...
... tude of Dresden was nearly three minutes false : that of the observatory of Berlin was uncertain till 1806 , for nearly 25 seconds . In 1790 before the observations of Messrs . Barry and Henry , the position of the observatory of ...
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... setting sun may serve to connect these mountains with points whose latitude and longi- tude have been sufficiently verified . This method 1 This furnishes perpendicular bases ; and in estimating how xii GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
... setting sun may serve to connect these mountains with points whose latitude and longi- tude have been sufficiently verified . This method 1 This furnishes perpendicular bases ; and in estimating how xii GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
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... tude . While we are fixing these positions , we shall enter into some historical details respecting the extraordinary errors which have been propa- gated to this day in the most recent and current maps . MEXICO . Several meridian ...
... tude . While we are fixing these positions , we shall enter into some historical details respecting the extraordinary errors which have been propa- gated to this day in the most recent and current maps . MEXICO . Several meridian ...
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... tude of Mexico would be 6h 45 ′ 29 ′′ . Two observations of satellites , the one at Lan- caster in Pensylvania , the other at the Havannah , both corresponding to the emersion which I ob- served at Mexico , the 2d May , 1803 , give in ...
... tude of Mexico would be 6h 45 ′ 29 ′′ . Two observations of satellites , the one at Lan- caster in Pensylvania , the other at the Havannah , both corresponding to the emersion which I ob- served at Mexico , the 2d May , 1803 , give in ...
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... tude which differs more than a hundred marine leagues from the true one , and more than 240 leagues from what was adopted by the geographer Jean Covens in the middle of the last century . GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION . xxvii.
... tude which differs more than a hundred marine leagues from the true one , and more than 240 leagues from what was adopted by the geographer Jean Covens in the middle of the last century . GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION . xxvii.
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