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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עמוד iv
... Four years have been employed in this work , during which period , the Author has vifited the several states in the Union , and maintained an extenfive correfpondence with men of Science ; and in every inftance has endeavoured to derive ...
... Four years have been employed in this work , during which period , the Author has vifited the several states in the Union , and maintained an extenfive correfpondence with men of Science ; and in every inftance has endeavoured to derive ...
עמוד 5
... four , the two tropics , and the two polar circles . Equator . ] The equator is that line or circle which encompaffes the mid- dle of the earth , dividing the northern half from the fouthern . This line is often called the equinoctial ...
... four , the two tropics , and the two polar circles . Equator . ] The equator is that line or circle which encompaffes the mid- dle of the earth , dividing the northern half from the fouthern . This line is often called the equinoctial ...
עמוד 6
... four quarters , and each quarter into 90 degrees . The four quartering points , viz . eaft , weft , north , and fouth , are called the Cardinal points . The poles of the horizon are the zenith and the nadir . The former is the point ...
... four quarters , and each quarter into 90 degrees . The four quartering points , viz . eaft , weft , north , and fouth , are called the Cardinal points . The poles of the horizon are the zenith and the nadir . The former is the point ...
עמוד 8
... four climates between the equator and each of the polar circles . Forty - eight in the whole . - Under the polar circles , the longeft day is twenty - four hours . The fun , when at the tropics , fkims the horizon without fetting . As ...
... four climates between the equator and each of the polar circles . Forty - eight in the whole . - Under the polar circles , the longeft day is twenty - four hours . The fun , when at the tropics , fkims the horizon without fetting . As ...
עמוד 10
... four hours . The caufe of the tides , is the attraction of the fun and moon , but chiefly of the latter . The waters of the immense ocean , as it were , forgetful of their natural reft , rife and roll in tides , obfequious to the ftrong ...
... four hours . The caufe of the tides , is the attraction of the fun and moon , but chiefly of the latter . The waters of the immense ocean , as it were , forgetful of their natural reft , rife and roll in tides , obfequious to the ftrong ...
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