Meridian
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"In the Speedy," said Cochrane, "the sailcloth was so thin that, when I made my observation, I always took my
meridian
through the foretopsail and my horizon through the foresail."
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And just as astronomers' conclusions would be idle and uncertain were they not based on observations of the visible sky in relation to one
meridian
and one horizon, so would my conclusions be idle and uncertain were they not founded on that understanding of goodness which was and will be the same always and for every one, and which has been revealed to me by Christianity and can always be verified in my soul.
Fifteen days later and 2,000 leagues farther, the Helvetia from the Compagnie Nationale and the Shannon from the Royal Mail line, running on opposite tacks in that part of the Atlantic lying between the United States and Europe, respectively signaled each other that the monster had been sighted in latitude 42 degrees 15' north and longitude 60 degrees 35' west of the
meridian
of Greenwich.
On July 20 we cut the Tropic of Capricorn at longitude 105 degrees, and by the 27th of the same month, we had cleared the equator on the 110th
meridian.
Then he told me:"Professor Aronnax, we're in longitude 137 degrees 15' west--""West of which meridian?"
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