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 93
עמוד 5
... latitude is reckoned . Meridian . ] This circle is reprefented on the artificial globe by a brafs ring , and is divided into 360 degrees . It paffes through the poles of the earth , and the zenith , and the nadir , croffing the equator ...
... latitude is reckoned . Meridian . ] This circle is reprefented on the artificial globe by a brafs ring , and is divided into 360 degrees . It paffes through the poles of the earth , and the zenith , and the nadir , croffing the equator ...
עמוד 7
... latitude , or between two parallels of fuch a breadth , as that the length of the day in the one , be half an hour longer than in the other . Within the polar circles , however , the breadth of a circle is fuch , that the length of a ...
... latitude , or between two parallels of fuch a breadth , as that the length of the day in the one , be half an hour longer than in the other . Within the polar circles , however , the breadth of a circle is fuch , that the length of a ...
עמוד 8
... Latitude . ] The latitude of a place is its diftance from the equator , north or fouth . The greateft latitude is that of the poles , which are ninety degrees diftant from the eqnator . The 1 t 9 The elevation of the pole above the 8 ...
... Latitude . ] The latitude of a place is its diftance from the equator , north or fouth . The greateft latitude is that of the poles , which are ninety degrees diftant from the eqnator . The 1 t 9 The elevation of the pole above the 8 ...
עמוד 9
... latitude from the equator . Degrees of latitude . Miles . 60th parts of a mile . Degrees of latitude . Miles . 60th parts 6oth parts of a mile . 1 59 56 2 59 54 3 59 52 24 54 48 25 54 24 26:54 00 47.41 00 70 20 32 48 40 8 71 19 32 49 39 ...
... latitude from the equator . Degrees of latitude . Miles . 60th parts of a mile . Degrees of latitude . Miles . 60th parts 6oth parts of a mile . 1 59 56 2 59 54 3 59 52 24 54 48 25 54 24 26:54 00 47.41 00 70 20 32 48 40 8 71 19 32 49 39 ...
עמוד 16
... latitude 56 ° fouth , to the north pole ; and fpreads between the 40th degree eaft , and the 100th degree weft longi- tude from Philadelphia . It is nearly ten thousand miles in length from north to fouth , its mean breadth has never ...
... latitude 56 ° fouth , to the north pole ; and fpreads between the 40th degree eaft , and the 100th degree weft longi- tude from Philadelphia . It is nearly ten thousand miles in length from north to fouth , its mean breadth has never ...
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