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... their primary . 17. TIDE is a word used to denote that motion of the waters in seas and rivers by which they alternately rise and fall twice in the course of These about twenty - four hours and fifty minutes . 6 Solar System .
... their primary . 17. TIDE is a word used to denote that motion of the waters in seas and rivers by which they alternately rise and fall twice in the course of These about twenty - four hours and fifty minutes . 6 Solar System .
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... rivers . There are two great Continents ; the Eastern Continent , or Old World , which contains Europe , Asia , and Africa ; and the Western Continent , or New World , which contains North and South America . Eu- The great island of New ...
... rivers . There are two great Continents ; the Eastern Continent , or Old World , which contains Europe , Asia , and Africa ; and the Western Continent , or New World , which contains North and South America . Eu- The great island of New ...
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... river is the place where it terminates by falling into the sea . meeting of two rivers is called their confluence . The Straits , a term generally used in the plural , signifies a narrow part of the sea , forming a passage from one sea ...
... river is the place where it terminates by falling into the sea . meeting of two rivers is called their confluence . The Straits , a term generally used in the plural , signifies a narrow part of the sea , forming a passage from one sea ...
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... rivers , and mountains . 2. Civil or political boundaries are the arbitrary and change- able limits of adjacent states or kingdoms , depending on poli- tical and military events . 28. The habitable parts of the earth are calcu- lated to ...
... rivers , and mountains . 2. Civil or political boundaries are the arbitrary and change- able limits of adjacent states or kingdoms , depending on poli- tical and military events . 28. The habitable parts of the earth are calcu- lated to ...
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... rivers in Europe are the Volga , the Danube , the Vistula , the Don , the Dnieper , the Rhine , the Elbe , the Po , the Tagus , and the Thames . Obs . If the length of the Thames is taken at 1 , then the length of the Rhine , of the ...
... rivers in Europe are the Volga , the Danube , the Vistula , the Don , the Dnieper , the Rhine , the Elbe , the Po , the Tagus , and the Thames . Obs . If the length of the Thames is taken at 1 , then the length of the Rhine , of the ...
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Page 125 - To find the distance on a great circle between any two places. Rule. — Lay the graduated edge of the Quadrant of Altitude * over both places ; the degrees on the quadrant comprehended between the two places multiplied by 60 will give their distance in geographical miles, or, if multiplied by 69-2, will give the distance in English miles.
Page 132 - Index to twelve; bring the sun's place to the western edge of the horizon, and the index will show the time of...
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Page 135 - Elevate the pole so many degrees above the horizon as are equal to the latitude of the place ; find the sun's place in the ecliptic, and bring it to the western part of the horizon...
Page 145 - To find how many hours any star u above the horizon of any given place, or the length oj its diurnal arc at that place. Rule. — Elevate the pole for the latitude of the place; bring the star to the eastern edge of the horizon, and set the index to twelve ; turn the globe westward till the star comes to the western edge of the horizon, and the number of hours passed over by the index is the length of the diurnal arc of that star.