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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... These stars , when viewed with the best telescopes , appear no larger than points , which proves that they are at an immenfe diftance from us . Although their distance is not certainly known , yet it is the general opinion of ...
... These stars , when viewed with the best telescopes , appear no larger than points , which proves that they are at an immenfe diftance from us . Although their distance is not certainly known , yet it is the general opinion of ...
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... these points he has no declination , and fhines equally to both poles , and the day is then 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 ...
... these points he has no declination , and fhines equally to both poles , and the day is then 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 ...
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... These circles form the limits of the ecliptic , or the fun's declination from the equator . That which is in the northern hemifphere , is called the tropic of Cancer ; because it touches the ecliptic in the fign Cancer ; and that in the ...
... These circles form the limits of the ecliptic , or the fun's declination from the equator . That which is in the northern hemifphere , is called the tropic of Cancer ; because it touches the ecliptic in the fign Cancer ; and that in the ...
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... these parts poffeffed enterprize , ingenuity , or power fufficient to under- take fuch a distant voyage ; but more especially , because , that in all Ame- rica there is not an animal , tame or wild , which properly belongs to the warm ...
... these parts poffeffed enterprize , ingenuity , or power fufficient to under- take fuch a distant voyage ; but more especially , because , that in all Ame- rica there is not an animal , tame or wild , which properly belongs to the warm ...
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... these colonies had a council of thirteen men to govern them . To prevent dif- putes about territory , the colonies were prohibited to plant within an hundred miles of each other . There appears to be an inconfiftency in these grants ...
... these colonies had a council of thirteen men to govern them . To prevent dif- putes about territory , the colonies were prohibited to plant within an hundred miles of each other . There appears to be an inconfiftency in these grants ...
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