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 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 78
עמוד vi
... equal to the undertaking , and is the most accurate yet published refpecting that country , on fo fmall a fcale . The Map of the Northern States was compiled principally by the Engraver , from the beft Maps that could be pro- cured ; it ...
... equal to the undertaking , and is the most accurate yet published refpecting that country , on fo fmall a fcale . The Map of the Northern States was compiled principally by the Engraver , from the beft Maps that could be pro- cured ; it ...
עמוד 2
... equal to the breadth of the ring . The motion of the primary planets round the fun , and alfo the motion of the fatellites round their primaries , are called their annual motions . Be- fides this annual motion , they revolve round their ...
... equal to the breadth of the ring . The motion of the primary planets round the fun , and alfo the motion of the fatellites round their primaries , are called their annual motions . Be- fides this annual motion , they revolve round their ...
עמוד 5
... equal parts , called degrees ; each degree is divided into 60 minutes , and each minute into 60 feconds . Axis of the Earth . ] The axis of the earth is an imaginary line paffing through its centre from north to fouth . The extreme ...
... equal parts , called degrees ; each degree is divided into 60 minutes , and each minute into 60 feconds . Axis of the Earth . ] The axis of the earth is an imaginary line paffing through its centre from north to fouth . The extreme ...
עמוד 6
... equal to the night all over the world . The times when the fun paffes through thefe points , are the 21st of March , and the 21ft of September : the former is called the vernal , the latter the autumnal equinox . The ecliptic is divided ...
... equal to the night all over the world . The times when the fun paffes through thefe points , are the 21st of March , and the 21ft of September : the former is called the vernal , the latter the autumnal equinox . The ecliptic is divided ...
עמוד 9
... equal to fixty geographical miles ; and of course , a minute on the equator is equal to fixty miles . But as all the meridians cut the equator at right angles , and ap- . proach nearer and nearer to each other , until at laft they crofs ...
... equal to fixty geographical miles ; and of course , a minute on the equator is equal to fixty miles . But as all the meridians cut the equator at right angles , and ap- . proach nearer and nearer to each other , until at laft they crofs ...
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