Kenny's School geography; or, Earth and HeavenThomas Allman and Son, 1856 - 212 páginas |
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Kenny's School Geography: Or, Earth and Heaven William Stopford Kenny Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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Africa Aldebaran altitude America ancient animals Arabia Arctic Ocean Arcturus area and population AREA AND POPULATION.-Area Asia Atlantic Ocean Austria BOUNDARIES.-North bounded?-What brass meridian called cantons Cape Cape Verd capitals and chief Capricornus celestial globe chief towns circles climate coasts colony commerce constellation contains degrees DESCRIPTION.-The divided East ecliptic empire England English equator Europe fertile France French Give a description given gold Gulf Hindostan HISTORY.-The Holland horizon hour Isle kingdom lakes land latitude LOMBARD-VENETIAN London longitude Mahometan Mediterranean meridian Mexico mines mountains North Sea northern Nubia number of inhabitants Oceania Persia Petersburg Plata poles port possesses principal islands principal towns PROBLEM provinces quadrant QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES Rectify the globe religion right ascension rising rivers Russia Siberia situated South Spain square miles stars Strait sun's place Sweden TOWNS AND REMARKABLE tribes Turkey turn the globe Ursa Major West zenith
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Página 188 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 4 - Africa is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Ethiopian Ocean, on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, and on the east by the river Nile.
Página 171 - York, to find what hour it is in any other part of the world.—Bring the given place, to the meridian, and set the index to the given hour; then turn the globe till the other place come to the meridian, and the hour at which the index points will be the time sought.
Página 189 - Aquarius, stains th' inverted year ; Hung o'er the farthest verge of heaven, the sun Scarce spreads through ether the dejected day. Faint are his gleams, and ineffectual shoot His struggling rays, in horizontal lines, Through the thick air; as...
Página 193 - Bring the sun's place, or the star to the brazen meridian, and the degree of the equinoctial, cut by the meridian, is the right ascension. Example. Thus the sun's right ascension on the 21st of June is 90°, and on the 21st of December is 270°. Required the following right ascensions, — Of the sun' on the 29th of May, and on the 2oth of October.
Página 151 - Earth's diameter is 71)70 miles ; and by turning round its axis every 24 hours from west to east, it causes an apparent diurnal motion of all the heavenly bodies from east to west. By this rapid motion of the Earth on its axis, the inhabitants about the equator are carried...
Página 169 - The hour at any place being given, to find what hour it is at any other place...
Página 171 - Day. Bring the sun's place for the given day to the brass meridian, and observe the degree over it (or its declination); then turn the globe quite round; and all those places jUiat pass under the same degree are those to which the sun will be vertical thgrdny at noon. Thus, on^ne tenth of May, when the sun's declination is 17°...
Página 173 - ... the degree of the sun's declination; bring the given place to the brass meridian, and set the index of the...
Página 156 - A ZONE is a portion of the surface of the earth contained between two small circles parallel to the equator, and is similar to the term climate, for pointing out the situations of places on the earth, but less exact; as there are on\y five zones, whereas there are 60 climates. 71. The TORRID ZONE extends from the tropic of Cancer to the tropic of Capricorn, and is 46° 56