The sundial can be adapted to work in any latitude by rotating one of its members about an axis, the latitude being read off by a pointer against a scale marked from 0° to 90° by steps of 5°.
You may wish to introduce students to the following words or concepts before reading: entomologist, ecology, latitude, pharmaceutical.
Almost on cue, our Global Satellite Positioning System read off 40 degrees south latitude and the first giant wandering albatross flew in to check us out.
-- with broad latitude over what to read, what field trips to take and who gets a gold star at the end of the day.
In 2004 WordTheatre made its way to Britain, where Bill Nighy and Elizabeth McGovern mesmerized a London audience, and James Franco and Brian Cox read to packed literary tents at the Latitude Festival in Suffolk as bands like Arcade Fire played nearby.
Garcia will host a book signing at 4 p.m. Saturday at Latitude 33, 311 Ocean Ave . where he will read excerpts, hold a discussion and offer signed copies of his book at a reduced price.
The longitude and latitude of the base point at Tiryns were read and checked, so that again the margin of error was reduced as far as possible to an estimated 0.2 seconds.
If you ever find yourself in a pickle where "Bone" is needed, make sure you're savvy with reading a map using latitude and longitude.
Davis invented a device (called the backstaff, or Davis quadrant) used until the 18th century for determining latitude by reading the angle of elevation of the sun, and he wrote a treatise on navigation, The Seaman's Secret (1594).
The idea is good, that is, until you read the part where council members say it will give the council greater latitude in allocating funds.
