Prime meridian

Latitude is the distance north or south of the equator. Longitude is the distance east or west of the prime meridian (Greenwich, Engiand). Latitude and longitude are measured in seconds, minutes, and degrees. 

Longitude—Number of degrees east or west of the earth s prime meridian. 

Figure 5 Simulated radiocarbon and carbon cycle results from a three-dimensional global ocean biogeochemical model. Depth-latitude sections are shown for (a) DIG concentration (pmoll" ) and (b) natural preindustrial) radiocarbon (A C, per mil) along the prime meridian in the Atlantic Ocean.

Ultimately, therefore, all singular statements must be reducible to the birth of Christ (the anchor in time) and to Greenwich, or to the individual pope who declared Greenwich as the anchor of the prime meridian (the anchor in space) (Popper 1976 14). In contrast to a universal statement, the singular statement is thus revealed to relate to a spatio-temporally restricted state of affairs, but not just in a general sense. In order to be unequiv-... 

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