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How To Use longitude In A Sentence

• The liquid crystal display crept to latitude 51 O4" 58.23 ' north, longitude Olo 23 ' O2.22 ' east. CORMORANT
• That's the instant the sun is aligned with the degree line of longitude, or the prime meridian - also called the Greenwich Meridian.
• By agreement, the longitude passing through Greenwich of Observatory is called the prime meridian.
• Ptolemy was free, however, to lay his prime meridian, the zero-degree longitude line, wherever he liked.
• Adopting, the additional computative burden imposed by it notwithstanding, Schonfeld's modification of Airy's formulæ, he introduced into his equations a fifth unknown quantity expressive of a possible stellar drift in galactic longitude. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
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• The Longitude Act established a blue ribbon panel of judges that became known as the Board of Longitude.
• Found it to be in south latitude 28 degrees 55 minutes by meridian altitudes of sun, Aquilae (Altair), and Lyra, and in longitude about 121 degrees 10 minutes East. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated,
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• He noted the latitude and longitude, then made a mark on the admiralty chart, with the time and date. SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND