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... South Eastern Africa Madagascar - Comoro Is . , & c.— Cape of Good Hope - Lower Guinea - Coast of Guinea -Senegambia - Soudan or Nigritia - Tibboo and Tua- rick - Kingdom of Fezzan - Cape Verde , Canary , Madeira , and Azores or Western ...
... South Eastern Africa Madagascar - Comoro Is . , & c.— Cape of Good Hope - Lower Guinea - Coast of Guinea -Senegambia - Soudan or Nigritia - Tibboo and Tua- rick - Kingdom of Fezzan - Cape Verde , Canary , Madeira , and Azores or Western ...
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... South is called its Axis , in allusion to the ( äkwv axis or ) axletree of a chariot , be- cause on it the Earth turns round once in twenty - four hours : the extremities of this axis are named the Poles ( from nodeiv to turn ) , and ...
... South is called its Axis , in allusion to the ( äkwv axis or ) axletree of a chariot , be- cause on it the Earth turns round once in twenty - four hours : the extremities of this axis are named the Poles ( from nodeiv to turn ) , and ...
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... South Pole . The North Pole is likewise called the Arctic , be- cause it points to the constellations of the Great and Little Bears , the Greek word Arctos ( apkros ) signifying a bear ; hence too the Southern Pole is styled the Antarc ...
... South Pole . The North Pole is likewise called the Arctic , be- cause it points to the constellations of the Great and Little Bears , the Greek word Arctos ( apkros ) signifying a bear ; hence too the Southern Pole is styled the Antarc ...
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... South ) are so called , because they are near to the two Poles of the Earth , from which they are the same distance as the Tropics are from the Equator ( viz . 23 degrees ) . These Polar Circles bound those portions of the Earth , where ...
... South ) are so called , because they are near to the two Poles of the Earth , from which they are the same distance as the Tropics are from the Equator ( viz . 23 degrees ) . These Polar Circles bound those portions of the Earth , where ...
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... South to North for about six hours , after which it seems to rest for about a quarter of an hour ; it then begins to fall and retire back again from North to South for six hours more , when , after an apparent pause of a quarter of an ...
... South to North for about six hours , after which it seems to rest for about a quarter of an hour ; it then begins to fall and retire back again from North to South for six hours more , when , after an apparent pause of a quarter of an ...
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