The Volume of the World: Embracing the Geography, History, and Statistics, of the Nations of the Earth ... with Complete Statistical Tables, from the Latest Authentic Sources, and One Hundred Illustrations ... Also Embellished with a Map of the World, on Mercator's ProjectionJ. & H. Miller, 1855 - 1000 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 99
עמוד 17
... less , than at other parts of the earth's surface ; and because , at the equa- tor , the centrifugal force is exactly opposed to that of gravity ; but towards the poles , being oblique to it , produces less effect . From these observa ...
... less , than at other parts of the earth's surface ; and because , at the equa- tor , the centrifugal force is exactly opposed to that of gravity ; but towards the poles , being oblique to it , produces less effect . From these observa ...
עמוד 18
... less distance of the earth from the sun , but by the more or less oblique direction of the sun's rays . The length of the path traveled over by the earth is estimated at 568,000,000 of miles , and as this immense distance is passed over ...
... less distance of the earth from the sun , but by the more or less oblique direction of the sun's rays . The length of the path traveled over by the earth is estimated at 568,000,000 of miles , and as this immense distance is passed over ...
עמוד 20
... less than 3,500 miles , and South America 3,200 . It is very irregularly shaped ; being divided , by the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea , into two enormous peninsulas , united by the Isthmus of Darien , or Panama , which in one ...
... less than 3,500 miles , and South America 3,200 . It is very irregularly shaped ; being divided , by the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea , into two enormous peninsulas , united by the Isthmus of Darien , or Panama , which in one ...
עמוד 22
... less than 10,000 miles ! The American moun- tains may , however , be divided into EIGHT SYSTEMS , or principal groups , three of which belong to North , and three to South America ; and one each to the West Indian and Arctic ...
... less than 10,000 miles ! The American moun- tains may , however , be divided into EIGHT SYSTEMS , or principal groups , three of which belong to North , and three to South America ; and one each to the West Indian and Arctic ...
עמוד 36
... , from the Latest Authentic Sources, and One Hundred Illustrations ... Also Embellished with a Map of the World, on Mercator's Projection William O. Blake. WHITE OWLS . W EAGLE AND EAGLETS . but there are others little less.
... , from the Latest Authentic Sources, and One Hundred Illustrations ... Also Embellished with a Map of the World, on Mercator's Projection William O. Blake. WHITE OWLS . W EAGLE AND EAGLETS . but there are others little less.
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 561 - To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore...
עמוד 546 - In every district there are primary schools, in which the elements of education, with geography and history, are taught ; and secondary schools for youths of from twelve to fifteen, in which instruction is given in ancient and modern languages, geometry, natural history, the fine arts, and music.
עמוד 561 - Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore. While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated...
עמוד 281 - The Legislature shall protect by law, from forced sale, a certain portion of the homestead and other property of all heads of families.
עמוד 170 - Every white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the state one year next preceding the election, and of the county, township, or ward, in which he resides, such time as may be provided by law, shall have the qualifications of an elector, and be entitled to vote at all elections.
עמוד 160 - The State shall be divided into eight judicial districts, of which the city of New York shall be one ; the others to be bounded by county lines and to be compact and equal in population as nearly as may be. There shall be four Justices of the Supreme Court in each district, and as many more in the district composed of the city of New York, as may from time to time be authorized by law...
עמוד 256 - No person who denies the being of a God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this State.
עמוד 286 - Congress assembled, that all that part of the territory of the United States included within the following limits, to wit: bounded on the west by the state of California, on the north by the territory of Oregon, and on the east by the summit of the Rocky Mountains, and on the south by the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude...
עמוד 113 - That it shall be lawful for any person or persons to bring to the said mint gold and silver bullion, in order to their being coined ; and that the bullion so brought shall be there assayed and coined as speedily as may be after the receipt thereof, and that free of expense to the person or persons by whom the same shall have been brought...
עמוד 111 - Massachusetts in 1765, and by Connecticut in 1786 ; also the lands within the boundaries of the States of Mississippi and Alabama north of 31° north latitude, as conveyed to the United States by Georgia in 1802. 2d. Within the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana, as acquired from France by the treaty of 1803, including the portion of the States of Alabama and Mississippi south of 31°...