Elements of Geography, Modern and Ancient with a Modern and an Ancient AtlasLewis and Sampson, 1844 - 331 oldal |
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Africa Alleghany Mountains ancient Arabia Asia Austria Bavaria beautiful border bounded Britain called canals Cape capital Carolina Caspian sea celebrated chiefly climate coast College commerce commercial towns comprises considerable consists Danube deserts distinguished diversified divided divisions east eastern Egypt elevated empire England equator Erie Europe exports extensive famous feet fertile Geography Germany globe Greece gulf gulf of Mexico Hindostan Indians inhabitants islands kingdom lake land largest rivers latitude longitude Lower Canada manufactures Mexico miles long mineral Mississippi moun mountains navigable northern noted ocean Ohio Pacific ocean Paraguay plains populous port principal literary institutions principal rivers principal towns productions province railroads religion rivers flow Russia seat of government Sicily situated soil South America South Carolina southern Spain strait summits surface Switzerland tains territory Thessaly trade tropic tropic of Capricorn United Upper Canada valleys western York zone
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247. oldal - 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.
46. oldal - Under a wise and beneficent government, the produce of the Holy Land, would exceed all calculation. Its perennial harvest ; the salubrity of its air ; its limpid springs ; its rivers, lakes, and matchless plains ; its hills and vales ; all these, added to the serenity of its climate, prove this land to be indeed '. a field which the Lord hath blessed ; God hath given it of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine.'— Dr.
251. oldal - ... turn the sun's place to the eastern edge of the horizon, and the index will point...
249. oldal - Rule. If the places are in the same hemisphere, bring each to the meridian, and subtract the latitude of the one from that of the other; if in different hemispheres, add the latitude of the one to that of the other, and the sum will show the difference of latitude.
235. oldal - Methodists ; thus (§), Catholics. With respect to the Colleges which are unmarked, the prevailing religious influence of those that are in the New England States is Congregationalism.; of most of the others, Presbyterianism.
109. oldal - II. RUSSIA. The empire of Russia, which includes the most of the north of Europe and all the north of Asia, is the most extensive empire on the globe, and is more than twice as large as all Europe ; but the principal part of it is very thinly inhabited. The Asiatic part is far the larger in extent ; but the European part is far the more populous ; though this is much less populous than the middle and south of Europe. The...
252. oldal - Year. Double the time of the sun's rising, which gives the length of the night; double the time of his setting, which gives the length of the day.
45. oldal - ... put her into the water ; the doctors shall instruct her while she is in it ; and then they shall go out, and turn away their eyes from her while she comes out of it.
23. oldal - States now stretch from the Atlantic Ocean, on the east, to the Pacific, on the west, and from the Gulf of Mexico, on the south, to the British Possessions on the north.
42. oldal - In this division of the land into twelve portions, the posterity of Ephraim and Manasseh (the two sons of Joseph) had their portions as distinct tribes, in consequence of Jacob having adopted them ; and these two are reckoned instead of Joseph and Levi.