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... hundred and fixty - five days , five hours , and forty - nine minutes , which is the length of our year . It travels at the rate of fifty- eight thousand miles every hour , which is one hundred and twenty times fwifter than a can- non ...
... hundred and fixty - five days , five hours , and forty - nine minutes , which is the length of our year . It travels at the rate of fifty- eight thousand miles every hour , which is one hundred and twenty times fwifter than a can- non ...
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... hundred of that gigantic race of men , whofe existence has been the fubject of much dif- pute . Commodore Byron computed their height to be feven feet . He passed through the Straits of Magellan , eroffed the South Sea , without making ...
... hundred of that gigantic race of men , whofe existence has been the fubject of much dif- pute . Commodore Byron computed their height to be feven feet . He passed through the Straits of Magellan , eroffed the South Sea , without making ...
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... hundred and fixtieth part of a circle . The TROPIC OF CANCER , or fummer fol- ftice , lies on the north fide of the equator ; and the TROPIC OF CAPRICORN , or winter folftice , on the fouth . - They are called the Solftices , because ...
... hundred and fixtieth part of a circle . The TROPIC OF CANCER , or fummer fol- ftice , lies on the north fide of the equator ; and the TROPIC OF CAPRICORN , or winter folftice , on the fouth . - They are called the Solftices , because ...
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... hundred and fixty equal parts , which are called degrees , and each degree is again fuppofed to be divided into fixty other equal parts , called minutes . So that every circle contains 360 degrees ; -the D half , or femi - circle , 180 ...
... hundred and fixty equal parts , which are called degrees , and each degree is again fuppofed to be divided into fixty other equal parts , called minutes . So that every circle contains 360 degrees ; -the D half , or femi - circle , 180 ...
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... hundred and fixty - five times . and a quarter round its axis . In the SPRING , the fun is over the equator , the earth is illuminated from pole to pole , and the days and nights are equally long at all · places . For every part of the ...
... hundred and fixty - five times . and a quarter round its axis . In the SPRING , the fun is over the equator , the earth is illuminated from pole to pole , and the days and nights are equally long at all · places . For every part of the ...
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Página 228 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Página 279 - Year, and also upon what Point of the Compass. Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place you are in ; bring the...
Página 77 - ... the northern exceedingly bad and desert. It is divided into ten districts, which are called the ten circles of the Empire. The Emperor is head, but not master of the Empire ; for he can do but little without the consent of the electors, princes, and imperial free towns ; which altogether, form what is called the Diet of the Empire, that assembles in the town of Ratisbon. There are nine electors, which are : the Electors of Mentz, Treves, Cologne, Bohemia, Bavaria, Saxony, Brandenburg, Palatine,...
Página 288 - ... circumference of a circle intercepted by two lines drawn from its centre, may be regarded as the measure of the angle or inclination of those lines, and therefore the arc of the circumference may be regarded as the measure of angular magnitude. For this purpose the circumference of the circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees, and each of those degrees is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into CO equal parts called seconds ; and so on, to...
Página 280 - PROBLEM X. — To find the Length of the Day and Night at any Time of the Year.
Página 140 - Theiss, and the Drave. The chief mountains are, the Carpathian, between Hungary and Poland. Hungary is a very cheap country, the land being infinitely fertile, and in some places producing the most esteemed grapes in Europe. It is beautified with lakes, the windings of the Danube, and many streams which flow into that fine river. In the woods of Hungary are bred a race of horses, the most active, hardy, and spirited, for their size, in the world ; the hussars, or light dragoons, of the Austrian army,...
Página 286 - ... meridian ; then fix the quadrant of altitude over that place, and extend it from thence to the other, and the end will point out the direction upon the horizon. Thus, if it were required to know the direction of Rome from London, the globe being rectified, London brought to the brass meridian, and the edge of the quadrant of altitude laid to Rome, you will find the end fall against that part of the wooden horizon marked SE or South East.
Página 197 - Hebrews, whom he enlightened by revelations delivered by the prophets, and to whom he gave the oracles of truth. It was here that the great and merciful work of our redemption was accomplished by His divine son ; and it was from hence that the light of his glorious gospel was carried with amazing rapidity into all the known nations, by His disciples and followers.
Página 117 - Poland was dismembered by the emperor of Germany, the empress of Russia, and king of Prussia, who seized the most valuable territories in 1772. It was finally partitioned, and its political existence annihilated, by the above...
Página 109 - Gessler perceiving that he had another arrow concealed under his cloak, asked him, for what purpose ? to which he boldly replied, " To have shot you to the heart, if I had had the