The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Lying in the same direction; all parts equally distant; small circles of the terrestrial sphere parallel to the equator; small circles of the celestial sphere parallel to the ecliptic.

The circles of the earth — northern and southern hemispheres, parallels and meridians
The circles of the earth — northern and southern hemispheres, parallels and meridians
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