 | Elijah Parish - 1810 - 410 σελίδες
...globular figure of the earth has been ascertained by its being sailed round by several navigators. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line, passing through its centre from north to south, about which it revolves in 24 hours. The northern extremity of this axis is called... | |
 | John Bigland, Jedidiah Morse - 1812 - 470 σελίδες
...not to produce any perceptible error in geographical calculations. Axis and poles of the earth.~\ — The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre, on which it performs its diurnal rotation. The extremities of this line are two ideal points Called... | |
 | 1820 - 352 σελίδες
...dark shades; deserts by clusters of small dots; boundaries of countries and states by dotted lines. The Axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre, faora north to south, about which it revolves in 24 hours. The northern extremity of this Axis is called... | |
 | Edward Bruce (bookseller.) - 1821 - 418 σελίδες
...especially when the country is not very extensive, the difference from the true figure is very small. 3. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre, round which it turns from west to east, once in 24 hours. This is represented on the globes by the... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1821 - 448 σελίδες
...branches : the latter, the fourth branch of the subject. F 2 SECTION II. ASTRONOMICAL GEOGRAPHY. 72. THE axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre, upon which it is supposed to turn, and about which all the heavenly bodies appear to have a diurnal... | |
 | James M'Intire - 1823 - 232 σελίδες
...suppose himself placed in the centre of this globe, and viewing the stars in the concave surface. 3. The Axis of the Earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre, on which it revolves; and is represented by the wire that passes through the centre of the artificial... | |
 | James Charlton - 1829 - 250 σελίδες
...representation of the earth, with its several divisions qf land and water. j ........ i'i.! jlu ,| ,| ;. 29. The Axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre, round which it turns from west to east in twenty-four hours. . .•( ,-.- j Day and night are occasioned... | |
 | G. Rubie - 1830 - 204 σελίδες
...numbered from the Equator towards each Pole, and the other side, from the Poles towards the Equator. The Axis of the Earth, is an imaginary line passing through its centre, on which it is supposed to turn, and is represented by the perpendicular line passing through the centre... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1831 - 646 σελίδες
...the earth, exhibiting its great divisions. The diurnal motion of this globe is from west to east. — The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre ; and the wire on which the artificial globe turns, represents this line. The poles of the earth an=... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 650 σελίδες
...the earth, exhibiting its great divisions. The diurnal motion of this globe is from west to east. — The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre ; and the wire on which the artificial globe turns, represents this line. The poles of the earth are... | |
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The AXIS of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south. The... 
