A New System of Modern Geography, Or, A View of the Present State of the WorldGeorge Clark, 1822 - 676 páginas |
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... the equator both by Timocharis and Hipparchus ; and never uniformly to the ecliptic , till af ter the precession of the equinoxes was fully established by Ptolemy . was necessary , in order to give the requisite certainty INTRODUCTION . 11.
... the equator both by Timocharis and Hipparchus ; and never uniformly to the ecliptic , till af ter the precession of the equinoxes was fully established by Ptolemy . was necessary , in order to give the requisite certainty INTRODUCTION . 11.
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... establish the Copernican system . The Sun. The Sun is the centre of the system , and is immense- ly larger than all the other bodies which compose it . Its diame- ter is 883,246 miles , and its density ( that of the earth being 1 ) is ...
... establish the Copernican system . The Sun. The Sun is the centre of the system , and is immense- ly larger than all the other bodies which compose it . Its diame- ter is 883,246 miles , and its density ( that of the earth being 1 ) is ...
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... established the Assyrian , the Babylonian and the Persian empires . Africa is the most barbarous portion of the world . It is remark- able for its vast deserts of burning sands , for the multitude of its ferocious animals , and for the ...
... established the Assyrian , the Babylonian and the Persian empires . Africa is the most barbarous portion of the world . It is remark- able for its vast deserts of burning sands , for the multitude of its ferocious animals , and for the ...
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... established in Russia in Europe , and part of Turkey . The members of this church never acknowl- edged the authority of the Pope . AMERICA . Situation and Extent . ] America is bounded on the east by the Atlantic , which separates it ...
... established in Russia in Europe , and part of Turkey . The members of this church never acknowl- edged the authority of the Pope . AMERICA . Situation and Extent . ] America is bounded on the east by the Atlantic , which separates it ...
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... established religion is that of the Church of England . There is one Bishop , whose diocese in- cludes Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and the islands of Cape Breton and Prince Edward . There is a College at Windsor , which has a valuable ...
... established religion is that of the Church of England . There is one Bishop , whose diocese in- cludes Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and the islands of Cape Breton and Prince Edward . There is a College at Windsor , which has a valuable ...
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Página 111 - 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.
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Página 22 - Venus appears to the west of the sun, it rises before him in the morning, and is called the morning star; and when...
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Página 26 - Smith, the strength of moon-light, at the full moon, is ninety thousand times less than the light of the sun; but, from some experiments of M. Bouguer, he concluded it to be three hundred thousand times less. 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...
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Página 204 - Michigan; thence north, along the middle of said lake, to north latitude forty-two degrees and thirty minutes: thence west to the middle of the Mississippi River, and thence down, along the middle of that river, to its confluence with the Ohio River; and thence up the latter river, along its northwestern shore, to the place of beginning...
Página 16 - The tropics are the parallels of latitude which pass through the solstices. The northern tropic is called the tropic of Cancer ; the southern, the tropic of Capricorn. The polar circles are the parallels of latitude that pass through the poles of the ecliptic, at the distance of twenty-three and a half degrees from the poles of the earth.