Geography and History,C. Law; F. C. and J. Rivington; Scatcherd and Company; J. Walker; Darton, Harvey, and Darton; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; J. Mawman; B. Crosby and Company; and Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, 1813 - 374 páginas |
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Eliza Roberts. By the time they have made the tour of the Globe , according to this plan , they will be fit to begin a regular course of history . I have pre- sumed to mention such as seemed the most con . cise , and for that reason best ...
Eliza Roberts. By the time they have made the tour of the Globe , according to this plan , they will be fit to begin a regular course of history . I have pre- sumed to mention such as seemed the most con . cise , and for that reason best ...
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... Globes ... XCVIII . Of South America .... XCIX . Of the American islands C. Of the American islauds CI . Of New ... Globe , and their various Uses CV . Of the Circumference of the Earth , Latitude , Longitude , Zones , and Climates ...
... Globes ... XCVIII . Of South America .... XCIX . Of the American islands C. Of the American islauds CI . Of New ... Globe , and their various Uses CV . Of the Circumference of the Earth , Latitude , Longitude , Zones , and Climates ...
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... Globe .... The Armillary Sphere .. Plate of the Solar System CVII . Astronomy CVIII . Ancient Geography 254 275 276 295 A Chronological Table of remark- able Events , Discoveries , and Inventions ... A Table of Men of Learning and 298 ...
... Globe .... The Armillary Sphere .. Plate of the Solar System CVII . Astronomy CVIII . Ancient Geography 254 275 276 295 A Chronological Table of remark- able Events , Discoveries , and Inventions ... A Table of Men of Learning and 298 ...
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... Globe , there is a line runs directly across the middle , which divides the Globe in two ; that line is called the Equator , or Equi- noctial , and the latitude always begins there , and is reckoned North or South , from thence . The ...
... Globe , there is a line runs directly across the middle , which divides the Globe in two ; that line is called the Equator , or Equi- noctial , and the latitude always begins there , and is reckoned North or South , from thence . The ...
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... globe of the earth , which is a body of land and water con- sisting of various parts . The land is divided into continents , islands , pe- ninsulas , isthmuses , capes or promontories , shores or coasts . A continent is a large tract of ...
... globe of the earth , which is a body of land and water con- sisting of various parts . The land is divided into continents , islands , pe- ninsulas , isthmuses , capes or promontories , shores or coasts . A continent is a large tract of ...
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Africa America ancient Arabia Asia Atlantic Ocean Baltic Baltic Sea beautiful belonging bounded brass meridian Britain British broad Cæsar called Cape capital Caspian Sea celebrated chief towns CHRIST Circles coast contains degrees Denmark divided dominions Ducal Prussia Dutch earth East Eastern eclipse Ecliptic Egypt emperor empire England English Equator Europe famous fertile formerly France French fruits Germany globe Greek Gulf Gulf of Venice Hindoostan Holland Hungary India inhabitants Ireland islands Isles Italy Julius Cæsar king kingdom lakes land London longitude lying manufactures Mediterranean Mediterranean Sea miles long moon mountains North latitude northern Ocean painter peninsula Persia poet Poland Pole port Portugal Portuguese possession prince principal Rivers produces provinces Prussia reckoned religion Roman Saracens Scotland SECTION SECTION ships situated South southern sovereign Spain Spaniards Straits Sun's place Sweden Swisserland Tartary tract trade Turkey Turks Wales West Western
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Página 260 - Only double the time of the sun's rising that day, and it gives the length of the night ; double the time of its setting and it gives the length of the day.
Página 26 - ... temporal , who sit, together with the king, in one house, and the commons, who sit by themselves in another. And the king and these three estates, together, form the great corporation or body politic of the kingdom, of which the king is said to be caput, principium, et finis.
Página 255 - IV. — To find the Sun's place in the Ecliptic at any time. The month and day being given, look for the same on the wooden horizon! and over against the day you will find the particular sign and degree in which the sun is at that time.
Página 8 - Eoro, the Tagus, and the Douro, in Spain ; the Po, in Italy ; the Thames, and the Severn, in England ; and the Shannon, in Ireland. 3. The principal mountains in Europe are the Daarne Fields, between Norway and Sweden ; Mount...
Página 315 - Harold, kmg of Denmark, dethroned by his subjects, for being a Christian. 828 Egbert, king of Wessex, unites the Heptarchy, by the name of England.
Página 261 - To find the Length of the longest and shortest Days and Nights in any Part of the World. Elevate the pole according to the latitude of the given place, and bring the first degree of Cancer to the brass meridian (if the given place be in north latitude,) and set the index to twelve ; then brin...
Página xiv - Chronology : or a Catalogue of Monarchs, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Conquest of William, Duke of Normandy : to which are added Chronological Tables of English History, from the Conquest to the present Reign...
Página 338 - Fontenoy. The rebellion breaks out in Scotland, and the Pretender's army defeated by the duke of Cumberland, at Culloden, April 16, 1746. 1746 British Linen Company erected. 1748 The peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, by which a restitution of all places, taken during the war, was to be made on all sides.
Página 259 - ... to the brass meridian, and set the index to 12; then turn the sun's place to the eastern edge of the wooden horizon, and the index will point...
Página 321 - Scotland, dies, and that kingdom is disputed by twelve candidates, who submit their claims to the arbitration of Edward, king of England ; which lays the foundation of a long and desolating war between both nations.