supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the United Kingdom and its territories. ?The British Parliament‚ in its famed Longitude Act of 1714‚ set the highest bounty of all‚ naming a prize equal to a king?s ransom (several million dollars in today?s currency) for a ?Practicable and Useful? means of determining longitude‚? Davy Sobel. The history of British Parliament surpassed several milestones that have influenced the modern practice of government. Under a monarchical
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ship. The astrolabe was another big device. This was created in the 1400’s. The astrolabe measured the angles of the sun and stars above the horizon. The mercator projection was made in 1569 and this was a map projection that showed latitude and longitude as straight lines. Also the sextant‚ which was made about the 1500’s then remodeled in 1730‚ was an interesting. This device was for determining the altitude of the sun or stars. 8. Mercatilisim is an economic theory popular in the 1600’s that
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foursquare‚ is a social-network to succor discover a place approximal you that might be interesting and Zamzee is a website that manufacture boring activities enjoyable. First of all‚ According to Bray‚” The phone already knows its own latitude and longitude‚ and Foursquare data base knows thousands of restaurants and other places you might wish to visit”(5). considerable social- network‚ foursquare advices in multiple way and commits you rewards while performing it. According to Dimmer‚” Zamzee and
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located in West Africa‚ roughly between Latitude 4°N and 14°N and Longitudes 4°E and I5°E. The country’s most southerly point is near Brass in the Niger Delta‚ which is roughly north of the Equator. The country’s northern boundary is approximately at 14°N. Her westerly boundary runs roughly along Longitudes 3°E. Her easterly boundary runs from a point to the south west of the estuary of the Cross River to northwards almost to Longitude 15°E‚ South of Lake Chad. Figure 2.1shows the location of Nigeria
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done by determining its absolute location and relative location. The absolute location of a place is determined by its latitude and longitude. Latitude lines measure distances north and south of the equator‚ while longitude measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian. The absolute location for New Zealand is as follows: Latitude: 44.0563° South Longitude: 170.3542° East Now‚ let’s determine the county’s relative location. In other words‚ its relation to nearby locations. New Zealand
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Is the sextant a carthorse in the 21st century? Abstract The purpose of this report is to decide whether the sextant is outdated and effectively useless in the modern age or whether it still has a use in modern navigation. To decide this I explored modern navigation techniques‚ which is mostly done by global positioning systems‚ I researched the way that these work and the methodology behind the use of a sextant. The conclusion that I came to was that modern day sextant use is rare
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as a ratio of distance on the map to distance on the ground 4. Alphanumeric Grid: grid that uses numbers and letters to identify squares of a grid pattern on a map Latitude and Longitude: a spherical coordinate system that is based on imaginary lines drawn around the surface of the Earth (latitude: equator‚ longitude: Prime Meridian) Military Grid: a system of numbered lines is superimposed on a map and position is stated by quoting the numbers of the lines that intersect at the point in question
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above you in the sky Horizon – an imaginary line where the land meets the sky Latitude – the angle of a location North or South of the equator Meridian – an imaginary circle that passes through both poles. The prime meridian goes through Greenwich Longitude – the angle of a location East or West of the prime meridian The Atmosphere The sky is blue because blue light from the Sun is scattered more than bigger wavelengths so appears to come from all directions Most of the atmosphere is Nitrogen. The
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The Empire State! Kelsey Balmoja Period 4 Senior FAM Report New York’s Yellow Cabs are yellow because John Hertz‚ the company’s founder‚ learned from a study that yellow was the easiest color for the eye to spot. He was right. New York‚ also known as The Empire State holds the most populated city in the United States which is New York City. Within the year of 2011‚ New York City received over 50 million both international and domestic visitors! More than 18‚600 restaurants and eating establishments
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Caribbean region is located in the tropics and spans a broad arc of over 4000km from the Bahamas in the North to Guyana and Suriname in the south. There are thousands of islands and they vary in size and stretch and altogether they span an area from longitude 59 degrees west to 85 degrees west and range roughly from latitude 10 degrees north to latitude 25 degrees north. The islands all lie within an entirely salubrious environment‚ conducive to the growth of population and development of complex
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