Elements of useful knowledge, in geography, history, and other sciencesJ. Allbut, 1809 - 120 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 28
... period suffered many changes , and been the Scene of much Bloodshed ; but at length Napo- leon Bonaparte was created Emperor with more unlimited power than any of their Kings ever possessed . 13 Q. Can you relate any further particulars ...
... period suffered many changes , and been the Scene of much Bloodshed ; but at length Napo- leon Bonaparte was created Emperor with more unlimited power than any of their Kings ever possessed . 13 Q. Can you relate any further particulars ...
Σελίδα 50
... ; and perform their Revolutions round it in very different Periods . 9 Q. How are the Earth and the other Planets supported ? A. They hang as it were in the Air , without any visible Cause to support them from above , 50 .
... ; and perform their Revolutions round it in very different Periods . 9 Q. How are the Earth and the other Planets supported ? A. They hang as it were in the Air , without any visible Cause to support them from above , 50 .
Σελίδα 55
... 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 - nine Years and a half . 21 Q. What is meant by ...
... 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 - nine Years and a half . 21 Q. What is meant by ...
Σελίδα 61
... Periods of whose Revo- lutions round the Sun are so great that the Nature of them is still unknown . 2 Q. What are those numerous Stars which we see in a clear Evening ? A. They are supposed to be Suns , en- lightening more distant ...
... Periods of whose Revo- lutions round the Sun are so great that the Nature of them is still unknown . 2 Q. What are those numerous Stars which we see in a clear Evening ? A. They are supposed to be Suns , en- lightening more distant ...
Σελίδα 86
... Periods . 4 Q. What is Ancient History ? A. It includes an Account of all Things from the Creation of the World to ... Periods has History been divided ? A. Into the obscure or uncertain Age , the heroic or fabulous Age , and the his ...
... Periods . 4 Q. What is Ancient History ? A. It includes an Account of all Things from the Creation of the World to ... Periods has History been divided ? A. Into the obscure or uncertain Age , the heroic or fabulous Age , and the his ...
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Africa ALLBUT Appearance Apple Arabia Asia Atlantic Ocean Attraction Bay of Biscay Birth of Christ called capital Cities Cause Ciphers Clouds Colour contain Country distinguished diurnal diurnal Revolution Dividend Divisions Divisor East Indies Eclipse Egypt Engraved for Elements Europe Figure Fire fixed Stars four Quarters France Frigid Zone Georgium Sidus Globe greater Number Heat heavenly Bo Heavens History divided Hours hundred Miles Inhabitants Ireland Islands Isthmus Jupiter KNOWLEDGE Land Love Maps Millions Mogul Empire Moon Motion Mountains Multiplier Name the capital Nations Nature nitrous Vapours North America Noun Number Ocean Orbit round Participle Petersburgh Place Planets pluperfect Poland Pole principal Rain rarefied remarkable Event Revolution round Rivers round the Sun Russia shew Sicily Signs Solar System South Spain Subtraction Tartary Teneriff Tense Thing remarkable thou three hundred tion tures turns round twelve Units Venus Verb Vowels Water West World is drawn
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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.