Longitude (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Longitude" in English language version.

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Zimmerman, Arthur E. "The first wireless time signals to ships at sea" (PDF). antiquewireless.org. Antique Wireless Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

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Mittenhuber, Florian (2010). "The Tradition of Texts and Maps in Ptolemy's Geography". In Jones, Alexander (ed.). Ptolemy in Perspective: Use and Criticism of his Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century. Archimedes. Vol. 23. Dordrecht: Springer. pp. 95-119. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-2788-7_4. ISBN 978-90-481-2787-0.
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See, for example, Port Royal, Jamaica: Halley, Edmond (1722). "Observations on the Eclipse of the Moon, June 18, 1722. and the Longitude of Port Royal in Jamaica". Philosophical Transactions. 32 (370–380): 235–236.; Buenos Aires: Halley, Edm. (1722). "The Longitude of Buenos Aires, Determin'd from an Observation Made There by Père Feuillée". Philosophical Transactions. 32 (370–380): 2–4.Santa Catarina, Brazil: Legge, Edward; Atwell, Joseph (1743). "Extract of a letter from the Honble Edward Legge, Esq; F. R. S. Captain of his Majesty's ship the Severn, containing an observation of the eclipse of the moon, Dec. 21. 1740. at the Island of St. Catharine on the Coast of Brasil". Philosophical Transactions. 42 (462): 18–19.
Littlehales, G.W. (1909). "The Decline of the Lunar Distance for the Determination of the Time and Longitude at". Bulletin of the American Geographical Society. 41 (2): 83–86. doi:10.2307/200792. JSTOR 200792.
Walker, Sears C (1850). "Report on the experience of the Coast Survey in regard to telegraph operations, for determination of longitude &c". American Journal of Science and Arts. 10 (28): 151–160.
Green, Francis Mathews; Davis, Charles Henry; Norris, John Alexander (1883). Telegraphic Determination of Longitudes in Japan, China, and the East Indies: Embracing the Meridians of Yokohama, Nagasaki, Wladiwostok, Shanghai, Amoy, Hong-Kong, Manila, Cape St. James, Singapore, Batavia, and Madras, with the Latitude of the Several Stations. Washington: US Hydrographic Office.
Hutchinson, D.L. (1908). "Wireless Time Signals from the St. John Observatory of the Canadian Meteorological Service". Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. Ser. 3 Vol. 2: 153–154.

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Ragep, F.Jamil (2010). "Islamic reactions to Ptolemy's imprecisions". In Jones, A. (ed.). Ptolemy in Perspective. Archimedes. Vol. 23. Dordrecht: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-2788-7. ISBN 978-90-481-2788-7. Archived from the original on 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-03-23.

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"Coordinate Conversion". colorado.edu. Archived from the original on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2018.

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Hoffman, Susanne M. (2016). "How time served to measure the geographical position since Hellenism". In Arias, Elisa Felicitas; Combrinck, Ludwig; Gabor, Pavel; Hohenkerk, Catherine; Seidelmann, P.Kenneth (eds.). The Science of Time. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Vol. 50. Springer International. pp. 25–36. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59909-0_4. ISBN 978-3-319-59908-3.
Mittenhuber, Florian (2010). "The Tradition of Texts and Maps in Ptolemy's Geography". In Jones, Alexander (ed.). Ptolemy in Perspective: Use and Criticism of his Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century. Archimedes. Vol. 23. Dordrecht: Springer. pp. 95-119. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-2788-7_4. ISBN 978-90-481-2787-0.
Shcheglov, Dmitry A. (2016). "The Error in Longitude in Ptolemy's Geography Revisited". The Cartographic Journal. 53 (1): 3–14. Bibcode:2016CartJ..53....3S. doi:10.1179/1743277414Y.0000000098. S2CID 129864284.
Ragep, F.Jamil (2010). "Islamic reactions to Ptolemy's imprecisions". In Jones, A. (ed.). Ptolemy in Perspective. Archimedes. Vol. 23. Dordrecht: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-2788-7. ISBN 978-90-481-2788-7. Archived from the original on 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
Said, S.S.; Stevenson, F.R. (1997). "Solar and Lunar Eclipse Measurements by Medieval Muslim Astronomers, II: Observations". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 28 (1): 29–48. Bibcode:1997JHA....28...29S. doi:10.1177/002182869702800103. S2CID 117100760.
Pickering, Keith (1996). "Columbus's Method of Determining Longitude: An Analytical View". The Journal of Navigation. 49 (1): 96–111. Bibcode:1996JNav...49...95P. doi:10.1017/S037346330001314X. S2CID 129232861.
Randles, W.G.L. (1985). "Portuguese and Spanish attempts to measure longitude in the 16th century". Vistas in Astronomy. 28 (1): 235–241. Bibcode:1985VA.....28..235R. doi:10.1016/0083-6656(85)90031-5.
Van Helden, Albert (1974). "The Telescope in the Seventeenth Century". Isis. 65 (1): 38–58. doi:10.1086/351216. JSTOR 228880. S2CID 224838258.
Blumenthal, Aaron S.; Nosonovsky, Michael (2020). "Friction and Dynamics of Verge and Foliot: How the Invention of the Pendulum Made Clocks Much More Accurate". Applied Mechanics. 1 (2): 111–122. doi:10.3390/applmech1020008.
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Wess, Jane (2015). "Navigation and Mathematics: A Match Made in the Heavens?". In Dunn, Richard; Higgitt, Rebekah (eds.). Navigational Enterprises in Europe and its Empires, 1730-1850. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 201–222. doi:10.1057/9781137520647_11. ISBN 978-1-349-56744-7.
Littlehales, G.W. (1909). "The Decline of the Lunar Distance for the Determination of the Time and Longitude at". Bulletin of the American Geographical Society. 41 (2): 83–86. doi:10.2307/200792. JSTOR 200792.
Knox, Robert W. (1957). "Precise Determination of Longitude in the United States". Geographical Review. 47 (4): 555–563. Bibcode:1957GeoRv..47..555K. doi:10.2307/211865. JSTOR 211865.
Munro, John (1902). "Time-Signals by Wireless Telegraphy". Nature. 66 (1713): 416. Bibcode:1902Natur..66..416M. doi:10.1038/066416d0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4021629. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
Lockyer, William J. S. (1913). "International Time and Weather Radio-Telegraphic Signals". Nature. 91 (2263): 33–36. Bibcode:1913Natur..91...33L. doi:10.1038/091033b0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 3977506.
Pierce, J.A. (1946). "An introduction to Loran". Proceedings of the IRE. 34 (5): 216–234. doi:10.1109/JRPROC.1946.234564. S2CID 20739091.
Osborne, Peter (2013). "Chapter 5: The geometry of the ellipsoid". The Mercator Projections: The Normal and Transverse Mercator Projections on the Sphere and the Ellipsoid with Full Derivations of all Formulae (PDF). Edinburgh. doi:10.5281/zenodo.35392. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2016-01-24.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Rapp, Richard H. (April 1991). "Chapter 3: Properties of the Ellipsoid". Geometric Geodesy Part I. Columbus, Ohio.: Department of Geodetic Science and Surveying, Ohio State University. hdl:1811/24333.

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Shcheglov, Dmitry A. (2016). "The Error in Longitude in Ptolemy's Geography Revisited". The Cartographic Journal. 53 (1): 3–14. Bibcode:2016CartJ..53....3S. doi:10.1179/1743277414Y.0000000098. S2CID 129864284.
Said, S.S.; Stevenson, F.R. (1997). "Solar and Lunar Eclipse Measurements by Medieval Muslim Astronomers, II: Observations". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 28 (1): 29–48. Bibcode:1997JHA....28...29S. doi:10.1177/002182869702800103. S2CID 117100760.
Wright, John Kirtland (1923). "Notes on the Knowledge of Latitudes and Longitudes in the Middle Ages". Isis. 5 (1). Bibcode:1922nkll.book.....W.
Pickering, Keith (1996). "Columbus's Method of Determining Longitude: An Analytical View". The Journal of Navigation. 49 (1): 96–111. Bibcode:1996JNav...49...95P. doi:10.1017/S037346330001314X. S2CID 129232861.
Randles, W.G.L. (1985). "Portuguese and Spanish attempts to measure longitude in the 16th century". Vistas in Astronomy. 28 (1): 235–241. Bibcode:1985VA.....28..235R. doi:10.1016/0083-6656(85)90031-5.
Grimbergen, Kees (2004). Fletcher, Karen (ed.). Huygens and the advancement of time measurements. Titan - From Discovery to Encounter. Titan - from Discovery to Encounter. Vol. 1278. ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands: ESA Publications Division. pp. 91–102. Bibcode:2004ESASP1278...91G. ISBN 92-9092-997-9.
Knox, Robert W. (1957). "Precise Determination of Longitude in the United States". Geographical Review. 47 (4): 555–563. Bibcode:1957GeoRv..47..555K. doi:10.2307/211865. JSTOR 211865.
Munro, John (1902). "Time-Signals by Wireless Telegraphy". Nature. 66 (1713): 416. Bibcode:1902Natur..66..416M. doi:10.1038/066416d0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4021629. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
Lockyer, William J. S. (1913). "International Time and Weather Radio-Telegraphic Signals". Nature. 91 (2263): 33–36. Bibcode:1913Natur..91...33L. doi:10.1038/091033b0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 3977506.

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Van Helden, Albert (1974). "The Telescope in the Seventeenth Century". Isis. 65 (1): 38–58. doi:10.1086/351216. JSTOR 228880. S2CID 224838258.
Olmsted, J.W. (1960). "The Voyage of Jean Richer to Acadia in 1670: A Study in the Relations of Science and Navigation under Colbert". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 104 (6): 612–634. JSTOR 985537.
Littlehales, G.W. (1909). "The Decline of the Lunar Distance for the Determination of the Time and Longitude at". Bulletin of the American Geographical Society. 41 (2): 83–86. doi:10.2307/200792. JSTOR 200792.
Knox, Robert W. (1957). "Precise Determination of Longitude in the United States". Geographical Review. 47 (4): 555–563. Bibcode:1957GeoRv..47..555K. doi:10.2307/211865. JSTOR 211865.

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"Definition of LONGITUDE". Merriam-Webster. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.

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NOAA ESRL Sunrise/Sunset Calculator Archived 2019-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (deprecated). Earth System Research Laboratories. Retrieved October 18, 2019.

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"There was no such thing as the Longitude Prize". Royal Museums Greenwich. 2012-03-07. Archived from the original on 2023-01-22. Retrieved 2021-01-27.

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Shcheglov, Dmitry A. (2016). "The Error in Longitude in Ptolemy's Geography Revisited". The Cartographic Journal. 53 (1): 3–14. Bibcode:2016CartJ..53....3S. doi:10.1179/1743277414Y.0000000098. S2CID 129864284.
Said, S.S.; Stevenson, F.R. (1997). "Solar and Lunar Eclipse Measurements by Medieval Muslim Astronomers, II: Observations". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 28 (1): 29–48. Bibcode:1997JHA....28...29S. doi:10.1177/002182869702800103. S2CID 117100760.
Pickering, Keith (1996). "Columbus's Method of Determining Longitude: An Analytical View". The Journal of Navigation. 49 (1): 96–111. Bibcode:1996JNav...49...95P. doi:10.1017/S037346330001314X. S2CID 129232861.
Van Helden, Albert (1974). "The Telescope in the Seventeenth Century". Isis. 65 (1): 38–58. doi:10.1086/351216. JSTOR 228880. S2CID 224838258.
Munro, John (1902). "Time-Signals by Wireless Telegraphy". Nature. 66 (1713): 416. Bibcode:1902Natur..66..416M. doi:10.1038/066416d0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4021629. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
Lockyer, William J. S. (1913). "International Time and Weather Radio-Telegraphic Signals". Nature. 91 (2263): 33–36. Bibcode:1913Natur..91...33L. doi:10.1038/091033b0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 3977506.
Pierce, J.A. (1946). "An introduction to Loran". Proceedings of the IRE. 34 (5): 216–234. doi:10.1109/JRPROC.1946.234564. S2CID 20739091.

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Tibbetts, Gerald R. (1992). "The Beginnings of a Cartographic Tradition" (PDF). In Harley, J.B.; Woodward, David (eds.). The History of Cartography Vol. 2 Cartography in the Traditional Islamic and South Asian Societies. University of Chicago Press. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2020-09-26.

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"λ = Longitude east of Greenwich (for longitude west of Greenwich, use a minus sign)."
John P. Snyder, Map Projections, A Working Manual (Archived 2010-07-01 at the Wayback Machine), USGS Professional Paper 1395, page ix.

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Osborne, Peter (2013). "Chapter 5: The geometry of the ellipsoid". The Mercator Projections: The Normal and Transverse Mercator Projections on the Sphere and the Ellipsoid with Full Derivations of all Formulae (PDF). Edinburgh. doi:10.5281/zenodo.35392. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2016-01-24.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

web.archive.org

"Definition of LONGITUDE". Merriam-Webster. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
Dicks, D.R. (1953). Hipparchus : a critical edition of the extant material for his life and works (PhD). Birkbeck College, University of London. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
Ragep, F.Jamil (2010). "Islamic reactions to Ptolemy's imprecisions". In Jones, A. (ed.). Ptolemy in Perspective. Archimedes. Vol. 23. Dordrecht: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-2788-7. ISBN 978-90-481-2788-7. Archived from the original on 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
Tibbetts, Gerald R. (1992). "The Beginnings of a Cartographic Tradition" (PDF). In Harley, J.B.; Woodward, David (eds.). The History of Cartography Vol. 2 Cartography in the Traditional Islamic and South Asian Societies. University of Chicago Press. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
"There was no such thing as the Longitude Prize". Royal Museums Greenwich. 2012-03-07. Archived from the original on 2023-01-22. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
Munro, John (1902). "Time-Signals by Wireless Telegraphy". Nature. 66 (1713): 416. Bibcode:1902Natur..66..416M. doi:10.1038/066416d0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4021629. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
Zimmerman, Arthur E. "The first wireless time signals to ships at sea" (PDF). antiquewireless.org. Antique Wireless Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
"Coordinate Conversion". colorado.edu. Archived from the original on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
"λ = Longitude east of Greenwich (for longitude west of Greenwich, use a minus sign)."
John P. Snyder, Map Projections, A Working Manual (Archived 2010-07-01 at the Wayback Machine), USGS Professional Paper 1395, page ix.
NOAA ESRL Sunrise/Sunset Calculator Archived 2019-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (deprecated). Earth System Research Laboratories. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
Osborne, Peter (2013). "Chapter 5: The geometry of the ellipsoid". The Mercator Projections: The Normal and Transverse Mercator Projections on the Sphere and the Ellipsoid with Full Derivations of all Formulae (PDF). Edinburgh. doi:10.5281/zenodo.35392. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2016-01-24.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Dreyer, John Louis Emil (1888). "Measurement of Time" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. XXIII (9th ed.). pp. 392–396.
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Forbes, Eric Gray (2006). "Tobias Mayer's lunar tables". Annals of Science. 22 (2): 105–116. doi:10.1080/00033796600203075. ISSN 0003-3790.
Munro, John (1902). "Time-Signals by Wireless Telegraphy". Nature. 66 (1713): 416. Bibcode:1902Natur..66..416M. doi:10.1038/066416d0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4021629. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
Lockyer, William J. S. (1913). "International Time and Weather Radio-Telegraphic Signals". Nature. 91 (2263): 33–36. Bibcode:1913Natur..91...33L. doi:10.1038/091033b0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 3977506.

zenodo.org

Munro, John (1902). "Time-Signals by Wireless Telegraphy". Nature. 66 (1713): 416. Bibcode:1902Natur..66..416M. doi:10.1038/066416d0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4021629. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2020-09-26.