 | Elijah Parish - 1810 - 410 σελίδες
...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 the north pole ;... | |
 | Jacob Abbot Cummings - 1820 - 346 σελίδες
...which these stars are arranged. Each globe consists of several parts. The axis ot the globe, or earth, is an imaginary line, passing through its centre from north to south, around which it performs its diurnal or daily revolution, in 24 hours from west •pggj^to cast. which causes the heavenly... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1821 - 354 σελίδες
...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, from north to south, about which it revolves in 24 hours. The northern extremity of this is is called the North Pole, and... | |
 | Jacob Abbot Cummings - 1825 - 216 σελίδες
...which these stars are arranged. Each globe consists of several parts. The axis of the globe, or earth, is an imaginary line, passing through its centre from north to south, around which it performs its diurnal or daily revolution in 24 hours from west to east, which causes the heavenly bodies... | |
 | Barnum Field - 1837 - 166 σελίδες
...Northern, part. Interior part. S. part. N. Eastern, part. Eastern part. SE part. The .An* of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south, about which it revolves in 24 hours. The northern end of this axis, is called the north pole, and the... | |
 | Nathaniel Gilbert Huntington - 1838 - 178 σελίδες
...every twenty-four hours. 11. The surface of the earth is the outside of it. 13. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south. 12. The centre of the earth is the innermost point of it 14. The poles of the earth are the two extremities... | |
 | Barnum Field - 1840 - 168 σελίδες
...Northern, part. Interior part. S. part. N.Ecstern. part. Eastern part. SE part. 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 end of this axis, is called the north pole, and the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Edmands - 1841 - 88 σελίδες
...dark shades ; deserts, by clusters of small dots ; boundaries, by dotted lines. The Axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south. The extremities of the Axis are called the POLES. The EQ.UATOR or EQ.UINOX, is an imaginary circle,... | |
 | John B. Fairfield - 1842 - 150 σελίδες
...turning on its axis, like a wheel ; this takes place daily, or once in 24 hours. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south, «• the north pole is its northern extremity, the south pole the southern extremity. A hemisphere... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1843 - 120 σελίδες
...of the earth is about 7,912 miles, and its circumference nearly 25,000 miles. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south, the extreme points of which are called the poles. Meridians are great circles, which are supposed to... | |
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The AXIS of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south. The ends... 
