 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 páginas
...that it is possible so to divide the globe into two hemispheres, that one shall contain nearly all the land; the other being almost entirely sea. It...commercial eminence, that London occupies nearly the center of the terrestrial hemisphere. Astronomically speaking, the fact of this divisibility of the... | |
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 444 páginas
...that it is possible so to divide the globe into two hemispheres, that one shall contain nearly all the land; the other being almost entirely sea. It...little interesting to Englishmen, and, combined with pur insular station in that great highway of nations, the Atlantic, not a little explanatory of our... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1835 - 414 páginas
...that it is possible so to divide the globe into two hemispheres, that one shall contain nearly pit the land ; the other being almost entirely sea. It...fact, not a little interesting to Englishmen, and, com-i bined with our insular station in that great highway of potions, the Atlantic, not a little explanatory... | |
 | 1837 - 860 páginas
...HARBOUR and PORT of LONDON. By JAMES ELMES, Surveyor of the Port. Imp. folio, fine Plates, jgl. Is. " It is a fact not a little interesting to Englishmen,...London occupies nearly the centre of the terrestrial hemisphere."— Si R J. HERSCH EL. (3699) John Weale, Architectural library, 59, High Holborn. WATER-COLOUR... | |
 | 1837 - 558 páginas
...HARBOUR and PORT of LONDON. By JAMKS ELHES, Surveyor of the Port. Imp. folio, fine Plates, jgl. Is. " It is a fact not a little interesting to Englishmen,...London occupies nearly the centre of the terrestrial hemisphere."— SIR J. HBRSCHEL. (3699) John Weale, Architectural Library, 59, High Holborn. WATER-COLOUR... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1849 - 672 páginas
...that it is possible so to divide the globe into two hemispheres, that one shall contain nearly all the land; the other being almost entirely sea. It...London* occupies nearly the centre of the terrestrial hemisphere. Astronomically speaking, the fact of this divisibility of the globe into an oceanic and... | |
 | 1849 - 510 páginas
...renown.) We are considering solely the merits of the " Outlines of Astronomy." On page 172 we read that " it is a fact not a little interesting to Englishmen,...London occupies nearly the centre of the terrestrial hemisphere " ; and in a note the author states, that this central point falls almost exactly upon the... | |
 | Benjamin Apthorp Gould - 1849 - 44 páginas
...renown. We are considering solely the merits of the " Outlines of Astronomy." On page 172 we read that " it is a fact not a little interesting to Englishmen,...London occupies nearly the centre of the terrestrial hemisphere " ; and in a note the author states, that this central point falls almost exactly upon the... | |
 | 1858 - 682 páginas
...London, 1838. In this curious projection London is made the centre: and as Sir John Hnrschel observes, " It is a fact not a little interesting to Englishmen,...LONDON occupies nearly the centre of the terrestrial hemisphere !" • Se« Elmes' Life of Wren, p. 121. 4to. Lond. 1823. t This Oldenburg (see Elmes' Life... | |
 | 1851 - 492 páginas
...stream, 0 Thames, Large, gentle, deep, majestic king of floods ! Chose for his grand resort. — Tlwnuon. It is a fact not a little interesting to Englishmen,...great highway of nations, the Atlantic, not a little eiplanatory of our commercial eminence, that London occupies nearly the centre of the terrestrial hemisphere.... | |
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It is a fact, not a little interesting to Englishmen, and, combined with our insular station in that great highway of nations, the Atlantic, not a little explanatory of our commercial eminence, that London occupies nearly the center of the terrestrial... 
