File:EB1911 Latitude.jpg
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current | 18:49, 9 July 2019 | 492 × 497 (28 KB) | Bob Burkhardt | {{Information |description ={{en|1=''Variability of Terrestrial Latitudes''.—The latitude of a point on the earth's surface, as above defined, is measured from the equator. The latter is defined by the condition that its plane makes a right angle with the earth's axis of rotation. It follows that if the points in which this axis intersects the earth's surface, i.e. the poles of the earth, change their positions on the earth's surface, the position of the equator will also change, and theref... |
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