A New System of Modern Geography, Or, A View of the Present State of the World: With an Appendix, Containing Statistical Tables of the Population, Commerce, Revenue, Expenditure, Debt, and Various Institutions of the United States, and General Views of Europe and the World |
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The sensible horizon is the small circle which limits our prospect , where the sky
and land or water seem to meet . The real horizon is a great circle , parallel to the
former , which divides the earth into upper and lower hemispheres . The point of ...
The sensible horizon is the small circle which limits our prospect , where the sky
and land or water seem to meet . The real horizon is a great circle , parallel to the
former , which divides the earth into upper and lower hemispheres . The point of ...
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As the planet revolves round the sun , the plane of the ring is always parallel with
itself , so that in each Saturnian year , it is twice turned edgewise towards the sun
. Herschei . This planet is called in England Georgium sidus , on the continent ...
As the planet revolves round the sun , the plane of the ring is always parallel with
itself , so that in each Saturnian year , it is twice turned edgewise towards the sun
. Herschei . This planet is called in England Georgium sidus , on the continent ...
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From the top to the bottom are drawn meridians , or lines of longitude ; and from
side to side , parallels of latitude . The meridians and parallels are marked with
degrees of latitude or longitude , by means of wbich , and the scale of miles ,
which ...
From the top to the bottom are drawn meridians , or lines of longitude ; and from
side to side , parallels of latitude . The meridians and parallels are marked with
degrees of latitude or longitude , by means of wbich , and the scale of miles ,
which ...
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... thence up that river to the meridian of 100 ° W. Ion . thence due north , along
that meridian to the river Arkansas ; thence , along the south bank of the
Arkansas to its source ; thence , due north or south , as the case may be , to the
parallel of ...
... thence up that river to the meridian of 100 ° W. Ion . thence due north , along
that meridian to the river Arkansas ; thence , along the south bank of the
Arkansas to its source ; thence , due north or south , as the case may be , to the
parallel of ...
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Onion river , which rises still farther south , and running nearly parallel with La
Moil , passes by Montpelier , and discharges itself into the lake 4 miles N. W. of
Burlington village . 4. Otter creek , which rises in the southwestern part of the
state ...
Onion river , which rises still farther south , and running nearly parallel with La
Moil , passes by Montpelier , and discharges itself into the lake 4 miles N. W. of
Burlington village . 4. Otter creek , which rises in the southwestern part of the
state ...
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Página 14 - The light of the moon, condensed by the best mirrors, produces no sensible effect upon the thermometer. Our earth, in the course of a month, shows the same phases to the Lunarians as the moon does to us ; the earth is at the full at the time of the new moon, and at the new at the time of the full moon.
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| Título | A New System of Modern Geography, Or, A View of the Present State of the World: With an Appendix, Containing Statistical Tables of the Population, Commerce, Revenue, Expenditure, Debt, and Various Institutions of the United States, and General Views of Europe and the World |
| Autor | Sidney Edwards Morse |
| Editor | G. Clark, 1822 |
| Procedencia del original | la Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 27 Mar 2006 |
| N.º de páginas | 676 páginas |
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