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ON THE USE OF THE GLOBES, AND OF MAPS;

COMPILED FROM

The works of KEITH, FERGUSON, ADAMS, HUTTON,
BRYAN, GOLDSMITH, and other eminent Authors;

BEING A

BLAIN AND COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION

TO THE

PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE OF

GEOGRAPHY AND ASTRONOMY.

CONTAINING ALSO

A brief view of the Solar System; a variety of Astro-
nomical Tables; numerous Problems, for the
exercise of the Learner, &c.

BY JOHN LATHROP, JUN. A. M.

BOSTON ::

PUBLISHED BY J. W. BURDITT AND CO. ANDA

W. WELLS, COURT STREET.

1812.

1721775

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

44*217

District of Massachusetts, to wit.

District Clerk's Office.

BE it remembered, that on the first day of September, in the thirty-seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America, JAMES W. BURDITT, & Co. and WILLIAM WELLS, of the said District, have deposited in this Office the title of a Book, the Right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words following, to wit:

"A Compendious Treatise on the use of the Globes, and of Maps; compiled from the Works of Keith, Ferguson, Adams, Hutton, Bryan, Goldsmith, and other eminent authors; being a plain and comprehensive Introduction to the practical knowledge of Geography and Astronomy, containing also a brief view of the Solar system; a variety of astronomical Tables: numerous Problems for the exercise of the learner, &c. By JOHN LATHROP, Jun. A.M.

In Conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charis and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned; and also to an Act entitled, "An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits there of to the Arts of Designing, Engraving and Etching Historical, and other Prints.”

WM. S. SHAW,

Clerk of the District of Massachusetts.

D & Seal

TO THE

REVEREND PRESIDENT,

THE

TRUSTEES AND PROPRIETORS,

OF THE

SALEM-STREET ACADEMY, IN BOSTON;

THE

FOLLOWING TREATISE,

COMPILED FOR THAT SEMINARY,

AND OTHER

SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS,

IS DEDICATED AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT

AND AFFECTION,

BY THEIR SINCERE FRIEND, AND

HUMBLE SERVANT,

JOHN LATHROP, JUN.

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