The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America: Containing Astronomical Geography--geographical Definitions, Discovery, and General Description of America and the United States ... With a Particular Description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont .. To which is Added an Abridgment of the Geography of the British, Spanish, French, and Dutch Dominions in America and the West Indies--of Europe, Asia, and AfricaJ. Jones, 1792 - 536 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 53
עמוד xvi
... MAP of Northern States , page 33 . TABLE of Distances between the principal Towns in America to be placed at the end of the work . INTRO- INTRODUCTION . A OF ASTRONOMICAL GEOGRAPHY . COMPLETE knowledge of xvi CONTENT S.
... MAP of Northern States , page 33 . TABLE of Distances between the principal Towns in America to be placed at the end of the work . INTRO- INTRODUCTION . A OF ASTRONOMICAL GEOGRAPHY . COMPLETE knowledge of xvi CONTENT S.
עמוד 1
... distances , and in different periods , as exhibited in the following TABL E. Sun and Planets . Diameters in Eng.miles Distance from the Sun. Annual periods round the Sun. Square miles in furface . + Sun 890,000 y . d . h ...
... distances , and in different periods , as exhibited in the following TABL E. Sun and Planets . Diameters in Eng.miles Distance from the Sun. Annual periods round the Sun. Square miles in furface . + Sun 890,000 y . d . h ...
עמוד 2
... distance of about 60 femidiameters of the earth , or 209,100 miles , and is carried with the earth round the fun once in a year . Jupiter has four moons ; Saturn has five , and is alfo encompassed with a broad ring . The diameter of the ...
... distance of about 60 femidiameters of the earth , or 209,100 miles , and is carried with the earth round the fun once in a year . Jupiter has four moons ; Saturn has five , and is alfo encompassed with a broad ring . The diameter of the ...
עמוד 3
... distance is not certainly known , yet it is the general opinion of aftronomers , that they are at least 100,000 times farther from us , than we are from the fun ; and that our fun viewed from a fixed star , would appear no bigger than a ...
... distance is not certainly known , yet it is the general opinion of aftronomers , that they are at least 100,000 times farther from us , than we are from the fun ; and that our fun viewed from a fixed star , would appear no bigger than a ...
עמוד 5
... distance and fituation . In order to determine the fituation of places on the globe , it is fup- pofed to be circumfcribed by feveral imaginary circles . Each circle is divided into 360 equal parts , called degrees ; each degree is ...
... distance and fituation . In order to determine the fituation of places on the globe , it is fup- pofed to be circumfcribed by feveral imaginary circles . Each circle is divided into 360 equal parts , called degrees ; each degree is ...
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