A Compleat System of General Geography: Explaining the Nature and Properties of the Earth ...Stephen Austen, 1734 - 898 páginas |
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... bring the Place to the brafs Me- ridian , and count the Degrees from it to the Equa- tor , and it will be the Latitude fought . IN Geographical Maps : if it be a right - lined one , draw a Line through the Place parallel to the Equator ...
... bring the Place to the brafs Me- ridian , and count the Degrees from it to the Equa- tor , and it will be the Latitude fought . IN Geographical Maps : if it be a right - lined one , draw a Line through the Place parallel to the Equator ...
Página 538
... bring the Place to a Degree on the brass Meridian , and placing a Pencil there , turn the Globe , and the Pencil will defcribe a Circle paffing thro ' all the Places of the fame Latitude . AND in the Maps : draw a Line thro ' the Place ...
... bring the Place to a Degree on the brass Meridian , and placing a Pencil there , turn the Globe , and the Pencil will defcribe a Circle paffing thro ' all the Places of the fame Latitude . AND in the Maps : draw a Line thro ' the Place ...
Página 540
... bringing the Sun's Place on the Globe to the wooden Horizon , fee how many Degrees between it and the North or South , and turn the Line on the Plane fo many Degrees about , and it will be a meridian Line . PRO- PROPOSITION VIII . To ...
... bringing the Sun's Place on the Globe to the wooden Horizon , fee how many Degrees between it and the North or South , and turn the Line on the Plane fo many Degrees about , and it will be a meridian Line . PRO- PROPOSITION VIII . To ...
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... bringing the Place to the Sun under the brafs Meridian , then counting how far it is from the Equator . 2. IF the Sun be rifing or fetting you may find the Latitude by the Globe . Find the Point the Sun is then in , by the Sea - Compafs ...
... bringing the Place to the Sun under the brafs Meridian , then counting how far it is from the Equator . 2. IF the Sun be rifing or fetting you may find the Latitude by the Globe . Find the Point the Sun is then in , by the Sea - Compafs ...
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... Bring any Place there to the brass Meridian , and applying a Pencil , defcribe a Circle parallel to the Equator ; which will cut the Ecliptic in two Points equally di- ftant from the Tropics : and the Sun in thefe two Points will then ...
... Bring any Place there to the brass Meridian , and applying a Pencil , defcribe a Circle parallel to the Equator ; which will cut the Ecliptic in two Points equally di- ftant from the Tropics : and the Sun in thefe two Points will then ...
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Africa alfo almoft Altitude Angle Autumn becauſe begins Brafil brafs Meridian Cancer Capricorn Caufe cauſe celeftial Center Chap Circle Circles of Latitude Climate Cold defcribe Degr Degrees doth Eaft Earth Eaſt Ecliptic elevate the Pole Equator eſpecially faid fame fecond feems feen feven feveral fhall fhould fhow firft firſt firſt Meridian fmall fome Places Frigid Zone fuch fuppofe greateſt grees hath Heat Horizon Hour Interfection June laft Latitude lefs Libra Line longest Day Longitude Maps mean Diſtance Method middle Moon moſt Mountains muſt Night North Nova Zembla Number obferve oppofite Parallel Peru Plane Point PROPOSITION Quadrant Rains reprefent ridian Right Afcenfion rizon Seafons Semidiameter Shadow ſhall ſhow South Spring Stars Summer Sun's Place Temperate Zone Tenth terreftrial thefe theſe thoſe thro Torrid Zone Tropic Tropic of Cancer turn the Globe twenty firft underſtand uſe Weft whofe Winds Winter Zenith
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Página 785 - ... 3. There is a certain place of the earth, at which if two men should chance to meet, one would stand upright upon the soles of the other's feet, and neither of them would feel the other's weight, and yet they both should retain their natural posture.
Página 791 - NAPLES, f1tuated in a very low Valley ; and yet the Sun is nearer to the Inhabitants thereof, every Noon by three thoufand Miles and upwards, than -when he either rifeth or fetteth to thofe of the faid Village.
Página 794 - ... do always bear upon one and the fame point of the compafs. 4. There is a large and famous country on the continent of Africa, many of whofe inhabitants are born perfectly deaf, and others ftone-blind, and continue fo during their whole lives ; and fuch is the amazing faculty of thofe perfons, that the deaf are as capable to judge of founds, as thofe that hear, and the blind of colours, as thofe that fee. 5.
Página 797 - ... of the other three, that a man may travel on foot from it to any of the other three, in the...
Página 788 - Sim-Dial be duly erected, the Shadow will go back feveral Degrees upon the fame at a certain time of the Year, and that twice every Day for the Space of divers Weeks, yet no ways derogating from that miraculous returning of the Shadow upon the Dial of Abaz in the Days of King Hezekiab, Solution.
Página 636 - The days of the one are equal to the nights of the other ; hence the shortest day to the one is the longest day to the other.