A New System of Modern Geography, Or, A View of the Present State of the WorldGeorge Clark, 1822 - 676 páginas |
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... eastern and western hemispheres . There is an indefinite number of meridians ; for all places , that lie east or west of each other , have different meridians . They all pass through the poles of the earth , and cut the equator at right ...
... eastern and western hemispheres . There is an indefinite number of meridians ; for all places , that lie east or west of each other , have different meridians . They all pass through the poles of the earth , and cut the equator at right ...
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... eastern edge of the horizon , and the index will point out the hour of rising ; if you bring it to the western edge of the horizon , the index will shew the hour of setting . Thus on the 10th day of April , the sun rises at half an hour ...
... eastern edge of the horizon , and the index will point out the hour of rising ; if you bring it to the western edge of the horizon , the index will shew the hour of setting . Thus on the 10th day of April , the sun rises at half an hour ...
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... Eastern and the Western . The Eastern continent is subdivided into Europe , Asia , and Africa ; the Western , into North America and South America . An island is a portion of land smaller than a continent , entirely surrounded by water ...
... Eastern and the Western . The Eastern continent is subdivided into Europe , Asia , and Africa ; the Western , into North America and South America . An island is a portion of land smaller than a continent , entirely surrounded by water ...
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... eastern side of North America is much colder than in the same latitudes in Europe . Mountains . ] There are two great ranges of mountains in North America , the western and the eastern . The western is by far the longest . It comes from ...
... eastern side of North America is much colder than in the same latitudes in Europe . Mountains . ] There are two great ranges of mountains in North America , the western and the eastern . The western is by far the longest . It comes from ...
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... eastern part of North America , having Davis's straits on the west , and the Ocean on the east . How far it extends north has never been ascertained . Towards the south , it terminates in a point , called Cape Farewell . Climate ...
... eastern part of North America , having Davis's straits on the west , and the Ocean on the east . How far it extends north has never been ascertained . Towards the south , it terminates in a point , called Cape Farewell . Climate ...
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Página 109 - The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a Supreme Court of Errors, a Superior Court, and such inferior courts as the General Assembly shall, from time to time, ordain and establish; the powers and jurisdiction of which courts shall be defined by law.
Página 192 - Beginning at the mouth of the Wabash river, thence up the same, and with the line of Indiana, to the northwest corner of said State, thence east with the line of the same State, to the middle of Lake Michigan...
Página 20 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...
Página 517 - Singapore is an island about twenty-seven miles long by fourteen wide, with an area of 206 square miles, situated at the southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait about three-quarters of a mile in width. There are a number of small islands adjacent to it, which form part of the settlement.
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Página 264 - We at length reached the spot whence Milton undoubtedly took most of his images; it is on the top of the hill, from which there is a most extensive prospect on all sides : the distant...
Página 194 - Newlyformed land found at the mouths of rivers. There are many thousand acres of this land at the mouth of the Wabash, and at the confluence of the Ohio with the Mississippi. It is annually inundated, and is very unhealthy. 3.
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Página 192 - The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a General Assembly consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives...