Line between the poles with the same longitude

An account of the trigonometrical operation, wherby the distance between the meridians of the observatories of Greenwich and Paris has been determined / By William Roy.

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An account of the trigonometrical operation, wherby the distance between the meridians of the observatories of Greenwich and Paris has been determined / By William Roy.