Kenny's Goldsmith's Grammar of Geography ... Revised and Brought Down to the Present Time by F. Young, Etc |
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Africa ancient Arabia Archipelago Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Australia Austria Baltic Sea Black Sea brazen meridian Britain British called Cape Cape Horn capital Caspian Sea Cath celebrated centre chief exports chief rivers chief towns China coast colony Confederation contains degrees district divided duchy east eastern ecliptic Egypt empire England equator Examples for practice famous French globe Guiana Gulf Hindostan Holland horizon India inhabitants Ireland Isles Italy kingdom Lake land large island large river largest latitude and longitude London Long longitude Mediterranean Sea Mexico miles North America north-west northerly northern Nubia OBS.-The Oceania Pacific Ocean Patagonia peninsula Persia port Portugal principal rivers principal towns Prob province republic right ascension Russia Russia in Europe Scotland sea-port town Siberia situated southern Spain star Strait strong town sun's place Sweden territory Turkey in Asia Turkey in Europe Wales West Indies western
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Página 43 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat...
Página 39 - It is bounded on the North by the Arctic Ocean ; on the East by the Pacific Ocean ; on the South by the Indian Ocean ; and on the West by the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Oural Mountains.
Página 120 - ... find the sun's place in the ecliptic, bring it to the brazen meridian, and set the index to...
Página 106 - Rule. If the places are in the same hemisphere, bring each to the meridian, and subtract the latitude of the one from that of the other; if in different hemispheres, add the latitude of the one to that of the other, and the sum will show the difference of latitude.
Página 115 - Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place, find the sun's place in the ecliptic and bring it to the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to 12.
Página 109 - J will be found on the zenith of the meridian, on which the quadrant must be screwed. On the horizon, the 10th of May answers to the 20th of Taurus, which find on the ecliptic, and bring it to the meridian, and set the index to twelve.
Página 111 - Bring the sun's place, found in the ecliptic for that day, to the meridian, which shows its declination ; then bring the given place to the meridian, and set the index to the given hour. Turn the globe till the index points to twelve at.
Página 109 - ... bring the sun's place to the western edge of the horizon, and the index will show the time of...
Página 72 - Mexico on the south; and from the Atlantic Ocean on the east, to the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Página 117 - As the terrestrial globe by turning on its axis represents the real diurnal motion of the earth ; so the celestial globe, by turning on its axis, represents the apparent motion of the heavens.