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DETACHMENT of a fleet or squadro
DIFFERENCE of latitude
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To DISCHARGE
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DIFFERENCE of latitude
DIFFERENCE of latitude, in navigation, the difference between any two places lying on the same meridians or the distance between the parallels of latitude of any two places, expressed in miles of the equator.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 99, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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