Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

476 results
  1. NLM Digital Collections - A dictionary of arts and sciences (Volume 2) 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Published by Isaac Peirce ..., 1815-1816
    ... sine^ of their latitudes; yet in old sea-charts the meridians were drawn parallel to one another, and consequently ... minute of latitude from the equator upon the meridian of this chart, computed in minutes of the equator, forms what ...
  2. NLM Digital Collections - The principles and practice of perimetry 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lea & Febiger, 1923
    ... intersection of the 50th degree and the 45th meridian. Campimetric Charts.—If the campimeter is marked in circles, the ...
  3. ... wheel and moves with it, so that the meridians of the chart move with the quadrant. There is a scale ... or intensity of light. In fact, the Perimetric chart of a healthy and a ... is greater in the vertical meridian of the eye than in the horizontal, and ...
  4. ... as transmitted through channels (the “acupuncture channels” or “meridians”), Cleyer reproduced charts of the channels, shown here. He did not ...
  5. ... Fleming, next suggests die idea of extending the meridian fines on the plane chart, in receding from the equator, in a ratio ... to begin the measurement of longitude, the first meridian is arbitrarily ... purpose: hence charts and nautical almanacs must undergo a tedious reduc- ...
  6. ... observatory, at Greenwich, near London, as the first meridian, and on most maps and charts lately published, longitude is reckoned from that place ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - General regulations for the Army, or, Military institutes 
    Publication: Washington : Printed by Davis and Force, 1825
    ... observations for the time, latitude, longitude, and true meridian ; application of astronomy to navigation ; and the construction of general charts. 1349. The course of Engineering and the Science ...
  8. ... needle of one foot, to be 75°, the chart will sIioav, that this meridian and the line of dip meet in the ...
  9. ... at Greenwich, near Lon- don, as the first meridian, and on most maps and charts lately published, longitude is reckoned from that place. ...
  10. ... the object point upon the arc, and the meridian of the arc itself, may be pricked upon the chart by a single punc- ture. In using "the ... object- ive point to every position in its meridian. The revolution of the cell ... registration on the chart, contained in a hinged frame, is affected by ...
first · previous · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · next · last