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... length as the equatorial diameter . The globular form of the earth , using that word in a loose sense , has been established with certainty since Newton's time . The experience of circumnavigators , the uniform shield - shape of the ...
... length as the equatorial diameter . The globular form of the earth , using that word in a loose sense , has been established with certainty since Newton's time . The experience of circumnavigators , the uniform shield - shape of the ...
Side 32
... length of a degree in one of its great circles , and to multiply its length by 360 , the number of degrees . The method of measuring a degree on the earth's surface is by taking two stars , just one degree apart , dropping , by ...
... length of a degree in one of its great circles , and to multiply its length by 360 , the number of degrees . The method of measuring a degree on the earth's surface is by taking two stars , just one degree apart , dropping , by ...
Side 46
... length linked the world together . Only with the im- provements in navigation could civilisation reach him . The European had to carry his culture to the New Zea- lander , his antipode . The ancients had little suspicion of all this ...
... length linked the world together . Only with the im- provements in navigation could civilisation reach him . The European had to carry his culture to the New Zea- lander , his antipode . The ancients had little suspicion of all this ...
Side 70
... length , that works of great excellence have been published relating to this branch . We turn therefore to the land , and shall study the world of waters only so far as it exerts influence on the land . Be- By land we mean the islands ...
... length , that works of great excellence have been published relating to this branch . We turn therefore to the land , and shall study the world of waters only so far as it exerts influence on the land . Be- By land we mean the islands ...
Side 75
... length and breadth , but not in their uniform altitude . In the latter respect they are far more varied than is generally supposed . The plateau of Tibet attains , in its whole great extent of 1800 miles in length and 500 miles in ...
... length and breadth , but not in their uniform altitude . In the latter respect they are far more varied than is generally supposed . The plateau of Tibet attains , in its whole great extent of 1800 miles in length and 500 miles in ...
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