 | Elijah Parish - 1810 - 410 pages
...the earth has been ascertained by its being sailed round by several navigators. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line, passing through its centre from north to south, about which it revolves in 24 hours. The northern extremity of this axis is called the north pole ;... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1821 - 354 pages
...by clusters of small dots; boundaries of countries and states by dotted lines. The Axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre, from north to south, about which it revolves in 24 hours. The northern extremity of this is is called the North Pole, and... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1822 - 354 pages
...the heavens, having the fixed stars drawn upon it in their natural situation. The aa-is of a globe is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south, around which it revolves. The poles are the extremities of the axis terminated by the surface of the... | |
 | Jacob Abbot Cummings - 1825 - 216 pages
...which these stars are arranged. Each globe consists of several parts. The axis of the globe, or earth, is an imaginary line, passing through its centre from north to south, around which it performs its diurnal or daily revolution in 24 hours from west to east, which causes... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1836 - 294 pages
...artificial representation of the heavens, on which the stars are laid down in their natural situations. Q. What is the Axis of the Earth ? A. It is an imaginary line passing through the centre of it, upon which it is supposed to turn. Q. What are the Poles of the Earth ? A. They are... | |
 | Barnum Field - 1837 - 166 pages
...Northern, part. Interior part. S. part. N. Eastern, part. Eastern part. SE part. The .An* of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south, about which it revolves in 24 hours. The northern end of this axis, is called the north pole, and the... | |
 | Nathaniel Gilbert Huntington - 1838 - 178 pages
...every twenty-four hours. 11. The surface of the earth is the outside of it. 13. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south. 12. The centre of the earth is the innermost point of it 14. The poles of the earth are the two extremities... | |
 | Barnum Field - 1840 - 168 pages
...Northern, part. Interior part. S. part. N.Ecstern. part. Eastern part. SE part. The Axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south, about which it revolves in 24 hours. The northern end of this axis, is called the north pole, and the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Edmands - 1841 - 88 pages
...dark shades ; deserts, by clusters of small dots ; boundaries, by dotted lines. The Axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south. The extremities of the Axis are called the POLES. The EQ.UATOR or EQ.UINOX, is an imaginary circle,... | |
 | John B. Fairfield - 1842 - 150 pages
...turning on its axis, like a wheel ; this takes place daily, or once in 24 hours. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south, «• the north pole is its northern extremity, the south pole the southern extremity. A hemisphere... | |
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The AXIS of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south. The ends... 
