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... inhabitants of London are carried five hun- dred and eighty miles every hour , befides fifty - eight thousand by its annual motion about the fun . When I speak to you of the earth turning round its axis every twenty - four hours , you ...
... inhabitants of London are carried five hun- dred and eighty miles every hour , befides fifty - eight thousand by its annual motion about the fun . When I speak to you of the earth turning round its axis every twenty - four hours , you ...
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... inhabitants of the north frigid zone , nor ever rife to those of the fouth . But in AUTUMN , when the earth is arrived at that part of its orbit oppofite the spring , the fun is got directly over the equator again , and the boundary of ...
... inhabitants of the north frigid zone , nor ever rife to those of the fouth . But in AUTUMN , when the earth is arrived at that part of its orbit oppofite the spring , the fun is got directly over the equator again , and the boundary of ...
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... inhabitants of the northern frigid zone are wrapt in obscurity and fhade . This is the earth's pofition on the 21st of December . As the earth does not revolve round the fun in an exact circle , but in an orbit a little elliptical ...
... inhabitants of the northern frigid zone are wrapt in obscurity and fhade . This is the earth's pofition on the 21st of December . As the earth does not revolve round the fun in an exact circle , but in an orbit a little elliptical ...
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... inhabitants of its furface . On this fuppofition , I have con- trived a small inftrument , which will fhew you the hour in any part of the world , and , confequently , where the people are rifing , where at dinner , where at fupper ...
... inhabitants of its furface . On this fuppofition , I have con- trived a small inftrument , which will fhew you the hour in any part of the world , and , confequently , where the people are rifing , where at dinner , where at fupper ...
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... inhabitants , beginning with Europe , as most distinguished quarter of the globe . the EUROPE , as to its shape , may be compared to a lady in a fitting pofture , and is fituated between ten degrees weft , and fixty - five de- grees ...
... inhabitants , beginning with Europe , as most distinguished quarter of the globe . the EUROPE , as to its shape , may be compared to a lady in a fitting pofture , and is fituated between ten degrees weft , and fixty - five de- grees ...
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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