A Practical System of Modern Geography, Or, A View of the Present State of the World: Simplified and Adapted to the Capacity of Youth ... Accompanied by a New and Improved AtlasRobinson, Pratt & Company, 1835 - 288 sider |
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Side 4 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Side 51 - The United States are the most interesting and important division of the western continent. They are distinguished for the excellence of their government, — the rapid increase of the population, — and for the intelligence, industry, and enterprise of the inhabitants.
Side 280 - If both the places be situated on the same parallel of latitude, their bearing is either east or west from each other ; if the'y be situated on the same meridian, they bear north and south from each other ; if they be situated on the same rhumb-line, that rhumbline is their bearing : if they be not situated on the same rhumb-line, lay the quadrant of altitude over the. two places, and that rhumb-line which is the nearest of being parallel to the quadrant will be their bearing.
Side 272 - The horizon (qv) is a great circle, which separates the visible half of the heavens from the invisible ; the earth being considered as a point in the centre of the sphere of the fixed stars.
Side 277 - Bring the place where the hour is given to the meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to that hour ; then turn the Globe till the place where the hour is required comes under the meridian, and the index will point to the hour at that place.
Side 247 - Population, 70,000. Bourbon belongs to France. It is composed of two mountains ; one of which is a volcano, and is in constant action, and serves as a light-house to mariners.
Side 21 - It is a country in which the exercise of the sovereign power is lodged in representatives elected by the people.
Side 278 - Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place. Find the sun's place in the ecliptic, and bring it to the brass meridian ; the number of degrees on the meridian between the horizon and the sun's place is the altitude required.
Side 278 - Find the sun's declination for the given day and elevate the north or south pole, according as the declination is north or south,' so many degrees above the horizon as are equal to the sun's declination...
Side 4 - ... encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.