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... millions of miles from the Sun. Q. What are the COMETS ? A. They are bodies moving in very eccentric orbits round ... million miles from the Sun. The times of only two of them are known , and their number probably will not be ascertained ...
... millions of miles from the Sun. Q. What are the COMETS ? A. They are bodies moving in very eccentric orbits round ... million miles from the Sun. The times of only two of them are known , and their number probably will not be ascertained ...
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... millions of inhabitants : All these , except the inhabitants of this fallen world , are with the best reason , believed to be virtuous beings . United , they form the immense empire of JEHOVAH . Q. What is the Figure of the Earth ? A ...
... millions of inhabitants : All these , except the inhabitants of this fallen world , are with the best reason , believed to be virtuous beings . United , they form the immense empire of JEHOVAH . Q. What is the Figure of the Earth ? A ...
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... million square miles of land , and about 152 millions of water . Q. What are the Divisions of the Land ? A. The Land is divided into Continents , Peninsulas , Isth- muses , Promontories , Islands and Mountains . Q. What are the ...
... million square miles of land , and about 152 millions of water . Q. What are the Divisions of the Land ? A. The Land is divided into Continents , Peninsulas , Isth- muses , Promontories , Islands and Mountains . Q. What are the ...
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... millions are called Christians ; about 72 millions Mahometans ; and about 3 millions of Jews . A generation of men lasts about 30 years . Of course , every 30 years , these immense multitudes of our race descend into the grave , and ...
... millions are called Christians ; about 72 millions Mahometans ; and about 3 millions of Jews . A generation of men lasts about 30 years . Of course , every 30 years , these immense multitudes of our race descend into the grave , and ...
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... millions . Q. What large seas are embosomed by the Eastern Conti- nent ? A. The Mediterranean , having Europe and Asia on the north , Asia on the east , and Africa on the south , is 2000 miles long , and contains 800,000 square miles ...
... millions . Q. What large seas are embosomed by the Eastern Conti- nent ? A. The Mediterranean , having Europe and Asia on the north , Asia on the east , and Africa on the south , is 2000 miles long , and contains 800,000 square miles ...
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Page 8 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
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Page 34 - Sea, on the S. by the English Channel, and on the W. by the Atlantic, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel.
Page 181 - Chesapeak, in length about one hundred and forty miles, and nearly of the same breadth, bounded on the north by Pennsylvania, on the east by the Atlantic ocean, and by the river Potowmack on the south. This country was first planted with Roman Catholics by lord Baltimore, to whom Charles II.
Page 182 - Virginians. They are sociable and hospitable, attached strongly to pleasure and dissipation and highly jealous of personal independence. The holders of slaves have the same character in all countries.159 In contrast to this book was The Elements of Geography Made Easy, published in Philadelphia in 1825 by an anonymous author. It treated chiefly of physical geography and laid special emphasis on the land and water divisions. It was not only beautifully illustrated, but had the novel advantage...