Elements of useful knowledge, in geography, history, and other sciencesJ. Allbut, 1809 - 120 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 53
... Clouds , and all surrounding Objects , move with us at the same Time . 15 Q. What Benefit do we derive from the Earth's daily or diurnal Revo- lution ? A. It is the Cause of Day and Night throughout the World at different Times : were ...
... Clouds , and all surrounding Objects , move with us at the same Time . 15 Q. What Benefit do we derive from the Earth's daily or diurnal Revo- lution ? A. It is the Cause of Day and Night throughout the World at different Times : were ...
Σελίδα 55
... Clouds into Streaks . SATURN . 20 Q. What are the Periods of Sa- turn's Revolutions ? A. It has been discovered by Dr. Herschel to revolve on its own Axis in ten Hours and a quarter : its annual Re- volution is completed in twenty ...
... Clouds into Streaks . SATURN . 20 Q. What are the Periods of Sa- turn's Revolutions ? A. It has been discovered by Dr. Herschel to revolve on its own Axis in ten Hours and a quarter : its annual Re- volution is completed in twenty ...
Σελίδα 76
... Clouds , Mountains shelter the low Lands from bleak and cold Winds they are also the grand Maga- zine of Metals , Stones , & c . 12 Q. What is a Volcano ? A. Combustible Materials burning in the Bowels of the Earth , emitting Smoke and ...
... Clouds , Mountains shelter the low Lands from bleak and cold Winds they are also the grand Maga- zine of Metals , Stones , & c . 12 Q. What is a Volcano ? A. Combustible Materials burning in the Bowels of the Earth , emitting Smoke and ...
Σελίδα 77
... Clouds , and is of the same Nature with that produced by the elec- trical Machine . Thunder is nothing more than the Sound of the Explosion , and is never heard till after the Flash is past . 16 Q. Is Lightning of any Use ? A. It ...
... Clouds , and is of the same Nature with that produced by the elec- trical Machine . Thunder is nothing more than the Sound of the Explosion , and is never heard till after the Flash is past . 16 Q. Is Lightning of any Use ? A. It ...
Σελίδα 80
... Clouds ? A. Water is also rarefied by Heat , as may be seen in a Kettle boiling over a Fire , from which the Water would all evaporate , or fly off in fine Particles , called Steam . 26 Q. Explain the Formation of Clouds . A. Great ...
... Clouds ? A. Water is also rarefied by Heat , as may be seen in a Kettle boiling over a Fire , from which the Water would all evaporate , or fly off in fine Particles , called Steam . 26 Q. Explain the Formation of Clouds . A. Great ...
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Σελίδα 83 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes =± 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Σελίδα 60 - The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the watering-pot, And fish with glittering tails.
Σελίδα 65 - When I consider the heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained, what is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou visitest him...
Σελίδα 37 - Plantations, 4 Connecticut, 5 New York, 6 New Jersey, 7 Pennsylvania, 8 Delaware, 9 Maryland, 10 Virginia, 11 North Carolina, 12 South Carolina, 13 Georgia. It is to be noticed that this is the order in which the delegates signed the original " Articles of Confederation," and is the geographical order of the colonies from north to south.
Σελίδα 87 - Sun is a space of 28 years, in which time the days of the month return again to the same days of the week...
Σελίδα 106 - RULE. Place the less number under the greater; units under units, tens under tens, SfC.
Σελίδα 93 - ... Quotation, or a single or double comma turned, (') or ("), is put at the beginning of speeches, or such lines as are extracted out of other authors. An asterisk and...
Σελίδα 101 - The prepositions are words set before nouns or pronouns, to express the relations of persons, places and things to each other, as Jag bar ga till honom, I ought to go to him.
Σελίδα 100 - A participle is a word derived from a verb and partaking of the nature of a verb and of an adjective or a noun, or, in some instances, of an adverb.
Σελίδα 100 - AN ADVERB is a part of Speech joined to a Verb, an Adjective, a Participle, and sometimes to another Adverb, to express the quality or circumstance of it; as, " He reads well; a truly good man ; he is secretly plotting; he writes very correctly.