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Meanings of meridian observation in English
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Usage of meridian observation in English
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A meridian observation of the sun placed us in latitude 41° 04' 06.
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By a meridian observation, the latitude of the place was 42° 50' 08.
3
We arrived just in time for meridian observation, and carried the barometer to the summit of the butte, which is 500 feet above the lake.
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While this work was going on, Marvin, favored by clear weather, took another meridian observation for latitude and obtained 86° 38'.
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From the river, the plain had gradually risen to an altitude of 5,500 feet, and, by meridian observation, the latitude of the entrance was 42°.
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When I was there, the volumes containing the earlier meridian observations were in press.
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Nauen reports an error of five minutes in their meridian observations according to the official clocks.
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Also weather interferes with many meridian observations.
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The number of meridian observations on the sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars alone numbered 62,030.