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, 1834 - 288 sider |
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Side 268 - 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 47 - States are a federal republic. Each of the states is independent, and has the exclusive control of all concerns merely local ; but the defence of the country, the regulation of commerce, and all the general interests of the confederacy are committed, by the constitution of the United States, to a general government. The legislative power is vested in a Congress, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate is composed of two members from each state, chosen by their Legislatures...
Side 11 - Zone which lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic circle is called the NORTH TEMPERATE ZONE ; and the one lying between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic circle, the SOUTH TEMPERATE ZONE.
Side 119 - Canada, but uf all British America. It is situated on the river St. Lawrence, 370 miles from the ocean. " It is divided into two parts, the Upper and Lower Town, and is strongly defended, both by nature and art. Montreal is situated on an island of the same name, in the river St. Lawrence, 180 miles above Quebec, and 200 below lake Ontario. It has an extensive commerce, principally in furs; and is the great mart of the trade that in carried on be.
Side 273 - RULE.— Find the sun's place in the ecliptic, and bring It to the brass meridian, and the degree over It Is the sun's declination. What is the sun's declination on the 15th of April?
Side 274 - 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 102 - Owing to the fertility of the soil, and the mildness of the climate, the population of Ohio has increased more rapidly than that of any other of the western states ; and in agriculture, manufactures,and commerce, it surpasses several of those lying on the Atlantic.