A Compendious and Complete System of Modern Geography: Or, A View of the Present State of the World. Being a Faithful Abridgement of the American Universal Geography (edition of 1812) with Corrections and Additions ...Thomas and Andrews, 1814 - 670 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 14
... globes are considered as concentric , and as having concentric circles on their surfaces . Great circles . Great circles are those , whose planes pass through , the centre of the sphere , and , of course 14 INTRODUCTION .
... globes are considered as concentric , and as having concentric circles on their surfaces . Great circles . Great circles are those , whose planes pass through , the centre of the sphere , and , of course 14 INTRODUCTION .
Σελίδα 15
... pass through the poles of the earth , and cut the equator at right angles . The meridian of any place also passes through the zenith of that place or the point directly over our heads ; and through the nadir , or the point under our ...
... pass through the poles of the earth , and cut the equator at right angles . The meridian of any place also passes through the zenith of that place or the point directly over our heads ; and through the nadir , or the point under our ...
Σελίδα 16
... passes these circles ; but , when it has ar- rived at either , it turns , and goes toward the other . They , of course , bound those places where the sun is vertical . Polar Circles . The Polar circles are two small circles , parallel ...
... passes these circles ; but , when it has ar- rived at either , it turns , and goes toward the other . They , of course , bound those places where the sun is vertical . Polar Circles . The Polar circles are two small circles , parallel ...
Σελίδα 17
... passes through the middle of this zone , which is terminated on the north by the parallel of latitude , called the tropic of Cancer , and on the south by the parallel called the tropic of Capricorn . Many parts of the torrid zone are ...
... passes through the middle of this zone , which is terminated on the north by the parallel of latitude , called the tropic of Cancer , and on the south by the parallel called the tropic of Capricorn . Many parts of the torrid zone are ...
Σελίδα 21
... pass over , every part of the plane of the orbit ; so that the vector radius may be said to describe the area of the orbit . In the solar system are observed two principal laws , which reg- ulate the motions of the planets . These laws ...
... pass over , every part of the plane of the orbit ; so that the vector radius may be said to describe the area of the orbit . In the solar system are observed two principal laws , which reg- ulate the motions of the planets . These laws ...
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Σελίδα 236 - The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a General Assembly consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives, but the people reserve to themselves the power to propose to the General Assembly laws and amendments to the constitution, and to adopt or reject the same at the polls on a referendum vote as hereinafter provided.
Σελίδα 52 - Ocean between the Arabian Sea on the west and the Bay of Bengal on the east. The Gulf of Manaar and the Palk Strait separate India from Sri Lanka.
Σελίδα 262 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Σελίδα 560 - ... any influence over the minds of this extraordinary and more liberal people. Birman wives and daughters are not concealed from the sight of men, and are suffered to have as free intercourse with each other as the rules of European society admit.
Σελίδα 602 - Sabians, chiefly consisted in worshipping the fixed stars and planets, and the angels and their images, which they honoured as inferior deities, and whose intercession they begged, as their mediators with GOD. For the Arabs acknowledged one supreme GOD, the Creator and LORD of the universe, whom they called Allah Taala, the most high GOD; and their other deities, who were subordinate to him, they called simply al...
Σελίδα 100 - that the laws of the several states, except where the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply.
Σελίδα 55 - These people are spread over a vast extent of country. Their language is the same as that of the people who inhabit the coast of British America on the Atlantic, with the exception of the Esquimaux,* and continues along the coast of Labrador, and the gulph and banks of St.
Σελίδα 28 - Jupiter and the sun, his satellites appear eclipsed 8-J minutes tooner, than they would be according to the tables ; but that, when the earth is at its greatest distance from Jupiter, these eclipses happen about 8^ minutes later, than the tables predict them. Hence it follows that light takes up...
Σελίδα 252 - ... and kingdoms from whence they came. There is so little uniformity, that it is difficult to trace any governing principles among them. An aversion to labour is too predominant, owing in part to the relaxing heat of the climate, and partly to the want of the necessity to excite industry. An open and friendly hospitality, particularly to strangers, is an ornamental characteristic of a great part of this people.
Σελίδα 14 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...