An Introduction to Ancient and Modern Geography: To which are Added Rules for Projecting Maps, and the Use of Globes : Accompanied with an Ancient and Modern Atlas |
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Page 190 - ... to east (like the earth which it represents), the hours increase in this direction ; but the motion of the Celestial Globe being from east to west (like the apparent motion of the heavens), the hours increase in this direction accordingly. Some globes have no brass plate, but have the Hours marked on the Globe itself. The Quadrant of Altitude is a thin slip of brass divided into degrees, and corresponding to a quadrant or fourth part of the Equator and Brazen Meridian. It is used for measuring...
Page 185 - ... divided into 360 equal parts called degrees' ; each degree is subdivided into 60 minutes' ,and each minute into 60 seconds".
Page 174 - EPHESUS. Famous for the temple of Diana, which magnificent structure was one of the seven wonders of the world ; it was 425 feet long and 200 broad, and cost 220 years of labour.
Page 188 - The equator is divided into two equal parts, of 180* each, by the principal meridian, which on our globes is generally the meridian of London. The horizon is an imaginary great circle, encompassing the globe round the middle, and dividing it into upper and lower hemispheres. The horizon is divided into four equal parts of 90° each, by the four cardinal points, east, west, north, and south. A line passing perpendicularly through the centre of the horizon is called its axis, the extremities of which...
Page 75 - The ministry of the day holds office at the pleasure of the House of Commons, the members of which are elected by the people.
Page 200 - E. long. In like manner the mouth of a river, as of the Tiber for instance, must be set down ; but to describe the whole river, the latitude and longitude of every turning must be marked down ; and the towns and bridges, by which it passes.
Page 169 - About 100 years before the Christian era, the Romans, under pretence of assisting the people of Marseilles, carried their arms into .Gaul, and conquered the district to the south of the Rhine.
Page 192 - Hour it is at any other place. Rule. Bring the place, where the hour is given, to the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to that hour, then turn the globe till the proposed place comes under the meridian, and the index will point to the present hour at that place.