Questions and Answers on Geography, the Globes, and Astronomy ...1867 |
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... poles ; but this is only conjecture . There is more land in the northern , than in the southern hemisphere ; and in the eastern than in the western hemisphere . Name the natural divisions of the land . Continents , 1 QUESTIONS AND ...
... poles ; but this is only conjecture . There is more land in the northern , than in the southern hemisphere ; and in the eastern than in the western hemisphere . Name the natural divisions of the land . Continents , 1 QUESTIONS AND ...
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... poles ? The extreme ends of the earth's axis , which is an imaginary line passing through the centre of the earth from ... pole . What are meridian lines ? Meridian lines , or lines of longitude , are semi- circles , or half circles ...
... poles ? The extreme ends of the earth's axis , which is an imaginary line passing through the centre of the earth from ... pole . What are meridian lines ? Meridian lines , or lines of longitude , are semi- circles , or half circles ...
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... pole to pole . What is an angle ? The inclination or opening between two straight lines . Angles are of three kinds ; acute , obtuse , and right angles . How are these angles defined ? One straight line standing upon another straight ...
... pole to pole . What is an angle ? The inclination or opening between two straight lines . Angles are of three kinds ; acute , obtuse , and right angles . How are these angles defined ? One straight line standing upon another straight ...
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... pole ; but Captain Weddell could ap- proach no nearer than 15 ° to the south pole ; both being prevented proceeding farther on account of the ice which impeded them . What are polar circles ? Two small circles which encircle the earth ...
... pole ; but Captain Weddell could ap- proach no nearer than 15 ° to the south pole ; both being prevented proceeding farther on account of the ice which impeded them . What are polar circles ? Two small circles which encircle the earth ...
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... pole to pole ; and by equatorial diameter , the like measurement from west to east . The equatorial exceeds the polar diameter by about twenty - six miles . This difference is caused by the flatness of the poles . Has the earth any ...
... pole to pole ; and by equatorial diameter , the like measurement from west to east . The equatorial exceeds the polar diameter by about twenty - six miles . This difference is caused by the flatness of the poles . Has the earth any ...
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Page 108 - South America is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the Atlantic, and on the west by the Pacific.
Page 92 - British possessions on the north, to the Gulf of Mexico on the south, and from Mississippi River on the east to the Rocky Mountains on the west.
Page 127 - It is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean ; on the east by the little river El Arish, (supposed to be the scriptural " River of Egypt,
Page 124 - Mediterranean sea, on the east by the isthmus of Suez and the Red sea, which divide it from Asia, on the south by Abyssinia, and on the west by Libya.
Page 52 - It is bounded on the north and west by the North Sea, on the east by Germany (Hanover and Prussia), and on the south by Belgium.
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