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Africa ancient Archduchy of Austria Argyle Asia Atlantic Ocean Austria Baltic Bengal birth-place Black Sea Bolivia BOUNDARIES.-N boundary Brazil Britain British America Canal Cape capital CHIEF TOWNS Chinese Tartary climate Clyde coast Columbia comprehending Cork Danube defeated Donegal DUCHY Dumfries east eastern Elbe Empire England Equator established religion Europe falls famous fertile flows S.E. formerly France French Frith Funen Galway German Ocean globe Guinea Gulf of Venice Hanover Hindostan Holland inhabitants Inverness Ireland Irish Sea Islands Isle Isthmus Italy Judah king kingdom Lake land latitude Loch Loire Lough Malacca manufactures Mediterranean Sea meridian Mexico miles Morea MOUNTAINS mouth Northern Ocean Norway noted Ouse Pacific Ocean Perth Plata principal PROVINCES AND CHIEF Rajah Red Sea republic Rhine RIVERS Roman Russia Saxony Scotland Sea of Marmora sea-port Shannon Siberia soil South southern Straits Sweden Sweden Proper Switzerland Thames Thibet tribes Turkey West western
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Página 3 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to' be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are designated by the characters °, ', ". Thus 23° 14' 35" is read 23 degrees, 14 minutes, and 35 seconds.
Página 119 - ... bring the sun's place to the western edge of the horizon, and the index will show the time of...
Página 4 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
Página 6 - An island is a smaller portion of land altogether surrounded by water. A peninsula is a portion of land almost surrounded by water. An isthmus is a narrow neck of land joining two continents, or a peninsula and a continent.
Página 5 - Paper be considered as North ; the Bottom, South ; the Right hand, East ; and the Left hand, West...
Página 6 - A lake is a body of water altogether surrounded by land. A gulf is a portion of water almost surrounded by land. A bay is a portion of water running into the land, with a wider opening than a gulf.
Página 118 - Find the degree of longitude on the equator, bring it to the brass meridian, and under the given degree of latitude, on the meridian, will be the place required. EXAMPLES. 1. What place is in lat. 30° N., and long. 90° W.
Página 118 - A particular place, and the hour of the day at that place being given, to find what hour it is at any other place. RULE. Bring the place at which the time is given to the brass meridian, and set the index...
Página 32 - Parliament are the Sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons. The...
Página 7 - It has three motions : one round the earth, in about four weeks, which causes the moon's apparent increase and decrease, and produces the eclipses of the sun and moon ; another round its own axis in the same time ; and a third round the sun along with the earth in a year.