Elements of Geography, Ancient and Modern: With an AtlasCummings and Hilliard, 1822 - 322 páginas |
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... comprising Eu- rope , Asia , and Africa ; and the western , comprising North and South America . An island is a portion of land entirely surrounded by water . A peninsula is a portion almost surrounded by water . An isthmus is a neck of ...
... comprising Eu- rope , Asia , and Africa ; and the western , comprising North and South America . An island is a portion of land entirely surrounded by water . A peninsula is a portion almost surrounded by water . An isthmus is a neck of ...
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... comprises a great variety of systems . It is the religion of almost all that part of the human race that continue in the savage state and it also prevails in the populous countries , partially civilized , in the southeast part of Asia ...
... comprises a great variety of systems . It is the religion of almost all that part of the human race that continue in the savage state and it also prevails in the populous countries , partially civilized , in the southeast part of Asia ...
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... comprising 159 townships . Chief towns . York is the seat of government . It is pleasantly situated on the northwest part of Lake Ontario , and has an excellent harbour . Population 1,500 . Kingston is pleasantly situated at the egress ...
... comprising 159 townships . Chief towns . York is the seat of government . It is pleasantly situated on the northwest part of Lake Ontario , and has an excellent harbour . Population 1,500 . Kingston is pleasantly situated at the egress ...
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... comprises 4 departments , one for for undergraduates , and one for students preparing for the professions of theology , law , and medicine . There are , including all the departments , 20 professors ; and the library , which is the ...
... comprises 4 departments , one for for undergraduates , and one for students preparing for the professions of theology , law , and medicine . There are , including all the departments , 20 professors ; and the library , which is the ...
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... comprises the county of Barnstable , the most easterly part of the state . It is mostly sandy and barren , and the inhabitants obtain their subsistence chiefly from the sea . Bays . Massachusetts bay lies between Cape Cod and Cape Ann ...
... comprises the county of Barnstable , the most easterly part of the state . It is mostly sandy and barren , and the inhabitants obtain their subsistence chiefly from the sea . Bays . Massachusetts bay lies between Cape Cod and Cape Ann ...
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Elements of Geography, Ancient and Modern: With an Atlas Joseph Emerson Worcester Vista completa - 1822 |
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Ægypt Africa Algiers ancient Arabia Argolis Armenia Asia Assyria barren Boeotia Britain Cape capital Caspian sea Catholic celebrated Chief cities Chief towns chiefly climate coast commerce considerable towns considerable trade contains cotton Danube Delaware Diarbekir divided Divisions east eastern Egypt elevated empire England Epirus Europe exports extensive Face famous feet fertile flourishing town flow France Gaul Germany globe greatest number Greece Grenada Guanaxuato gulf harbour highest Hindoostan Indians Ireland islands Italy kingdom lake land largest rivers latitude longitude Macedonia magnificent Mahometans manufactures Mexico miles long Mississippi Missouri Morocco moun Mount mountains mouth Natolia navigation northern ocean Ohio Palestine Persia Phocis plains Population port principal rivers Productions provinces religion remarkable Rhine Roman Rome Russia seat of government Sicily slaves soil South America southern Spain square miles straits Syria TABLE Thessaly Thrace Tripoli Tunis Turkey United upwards Washington West Indies western York
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Página 2 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, etc.
Página ii - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the...
Página 315 - Put the centre of the quadrant of altitude on the pole of the ecliptic, and its graduated edge on the star ; then the arch of the quadrant, intercepted...
Página 1 - The AXIS of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south. The ends...
Página 310 - To find the difference of latitude of any two places. — Rule. If the places are in the same hemisphere, bring each to the meridian, and subtract the latitude of the one from that of the other; if in different hemispheres, add the latitude of the one to that of the other, and the sum will show the difference of latitude.
Página 313 - Rectify for the latitude and sun's place, (Prob. vm ) and turn the sun's place to the eastern edge of the horizon, and the index will point to the hour of rising : then bring it to the western edge of the horizon...
Página 14 - All that part of the territory of the United States which lies west of the summit of the Rocky Mountains, north of the forty-second degree of north latitude, known as the Territory of Oregon, shall be organized into and constitute a temporary government by the name of the Territory of Oregon.
Página 314 - Double the time of the sun's rising, which gives the length of the night; double the time of his setting, which gives the length of the day. Thus, on the 25th of May, the sun rises at London about four o'clock, and sets at eight. The length of the night is twice four or eight hours; the length of the day is twice eight, or sixteen hours.
Página 313 - For the zenith : screw the quadrant of altitude on the meridian, at the given degree of latitude, counting from the equator towards the elevated pole, and the globe will be rectified for the zenith.
Página 315 - The first points of Cancer and Capricorn are called solstitial points, because when the sun is near either of them he seems to stand still, or to be at the same height in the heavens at twelve o'clock at noon for several days together.