A Compleat System of General Geography: Explaining the Nature and Properties of the Earth ...S. Austen, 1734 - 898 páginas |
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... because they chiefly depend upon the Motion of the Sun , and the four Seafons of the Year , we have reckoned them among the Celestial Matters . 6. The Rifing , Appearance , and Continuance , of the Stars above the Horizon . 7. The Stars ...
... because they chiefly depend upon the Motion of the Sun , and the four Seafons of the Year , we have reckoned them among the Celestial Matters . 6. The Rifing , Appearance , and Continuance , of the Stars above the Horizon . 7. The Stars ...
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... because the Arch fo de- fcribed is a Quadrant . THE right Sine of an Arch is a right Line drawn from the one end of the Arch perpendicular to the Diameter , which paffeth thro ' the other end ( n ) . THE Tangent of an Arch is a right ...
... because the Arch fo de- fcribed is a Quadrant . THE right Sine of an Arch is a right Line drawn from the one end of the Arch perpendicular to the Diameter , which paffeth thro ' the other end ( n ) . THE Tangent of an Arch is a right ...
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... because spherical Triangles have fome Difficulty in their manage- ment , and regard none but thofe who defire to be deeper fkilled in this Science , we fhall pafs them by ; and only treat of right - angled Triangles , the measuring of ...
... because spherical Triangles have fome Difficulty in their manage- ment , and regard none but thofe who defire to be deeper fkilled in this Science , we fhall pafs them by ; and only treat of right - angled Triangles , the measuring of ...
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... BECAUSE the ufe of Measures is frequent in Geography , and fince divers Nations ufe dif- ferent Measures , ' tis proper to premise fomewhat concerning them ; partly that the Reader may the better understand the Writings of the antient ...
... BECAUSE the ufe of Measures is frequent in Geography , and fince divers Nations ufe dif- ferent Measures , ' tis proper to premise fomewhat concerning them ; partly that the Reader may the better understand the Writings of the antient ...
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... because a Stone was erected at the end of every Mile ; efpe- cially in Places adjacent to the City . AGEOMETRICAL Pace is exactly 5 Feet ; and a Fathom 6 Feet ; which is thought by fome to have been the Pace of the Grecians . A CUBIT is ...
... because a Stone was erected at the end of every Mile ; efpe- cially in Places adjacent to the City . AGEOMETRICAL Pace is exactly 5 Feet ; and a Fathom 6 Feet ; which is thought by fome to have been the Pace of the Grecians . A CUBIT is ...
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Afia Africa againſt alfo almoſt alſo Altitude Angle Arch Atlantic Ocean becauſe Bodies called Caufe Cauſe Center Chanel Chap Coaft Coaſt continually Courſe Defarts degr demonftrated depreffed Diameter diſcovered Diſtance diurnal Motion Eaft Earth Eaſt faid falt fame Fath fecond feem feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt flow fmall fome fome Places fometimes fpherical freſh fubterraneous fuch fuppofe Furlongs furrounded German Miles Globe greateſt Gulph hath Height Hypothefis increaſe Indian Indian Ocean Iſlands itſelf Lake Land leaſt lefs Malacca Meaſure Meridian moft Moon moſt Motion Mountains Muscovy muſt North Nova Zembla Number obferved Ocean Pacific Ocean Paffage paffing Particles Periphery Peru Philof Pole PROPOSITION raiſed Reaſon reft rife Rivers Salt Sea-Water SECT Semidiameter ſhall Shore ſmall South Springs Stars Streights Superficies tain thefe themſelves ther theſe thofe thoſe thro Tides tion uſe vaft Vapours Water Weft whence whofe Winds
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Página 89 - ... even so very hard as never to wear or break in pieces ; no ordinary power being able to divide what God himself made one, in the first creation. While the particles continue entire, they may compose bodies of one and the same nature and texture in all ages ; but should they wear away or break in pieces, the nature of things depending on them would be changed.
Página 141 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Página 89 - And therefore that nature may be lasting, the changes of corporeal things are to be placed only in the various separations and new associations and motions of these permanent particles; compound bodies being apt to break, not in the midst of solid particles, but where those particles are laid together and only touch in a few points.
Página 92 - Thou, saidst, Let the waters be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear, which thirsteth after Thee?
Página 149 - I walked so far before my companions up the mountain, along the side of the river of fire, that I was obliged to retire in great haste, the sulphureous stream having surprised me, and almost taken away my breath.
Página 148 - Hill, I could difcern it to be filled with red hot liquid Matter, like that in the Furnace of a Glafs-houfe...
Página 427 - Refraction of the atmosphere. 85 feet above the general level of the surrounding fluid, and therefore the weight of a column of air reaching to the top of the...
Página 148 - ... came only out of the hole to our left, while the liquid stuff in the other mouth wrought and overflowed, as hath been already described.
Página 300 - Hypothefis is more reafonable than that of thofe who (derive all Springs from the Rain-waters, which yet are perpetual and without diminution, even when no Rain falls for a long fpace.of time ; or that derive them from a Filtration or Percolation of the Sea-waters, thro' certain imaginary Tubes or Paflages within the Earth wherein they lofe their Saltnefs.
Página 245 - Phenomenon in Nature that has so much exercised and puzzled the Wits of Philosophers and learned men as this. Some have thought the Earth and Sea to be a living Creature, which, by its Respiration, causeth this ebbing and flowing. Others imagined that it proceeds, and is. provoked, from a great Whirlpool near Norway, which for six Hours absorbs the Water, and afterwards disgorges it in the same space of Time. Scaliger, and others, supposed that it is caused by the opposite Shores, especially of America,...