The student's atlas of physical geography, by E. Weller, J. BryceWilliam Collins, Sons, 1871 |
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... pole of the heavens , and the appearance of stars not seen before , as an observer advances north- ward along the Earth's surface , as from the south of Ethiopia to the north of Palestine , and the sinking down of those in the direction ...
... pole of the heavens , and the appearance of stars not seen before , as an observer advances north- ward along the Earth's surface , as from the south of Ethiopia to the north of Palestine , and the sinking down of those in the direction ...
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... pole , according to a fixed ratio which he stated , namely , the square of the sine of the latitude . The weight of a body thus undergoes a progressive increase , till at the pole it reaches ; that is , a body which at the equator would ...
... pole , according to a fixed ratio which he stated , namely , the square of the sine of the latitude . The weight of a body thus undergoes a progressive increase , till at the pole it reaches ; that is , a body which at the equator would ...
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... pole ; the two causes together make an increase of 1th of the whole , this fraction being the sum of the other two . So that a body which weighs 194 lbs . at the equator , will weigh 195 lbs . at the pole . 5. Dimensions of the Earth ...
... pole ; the two causes together make an increase of 1th of the whole , this fraction being the sum of the other two . So that a body which weighs 194 lbs . at the equator , will weigh 195 lbs . at the pole . 5. Dimensions of the Earth ...
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... pole ; and again , the instant of the star's greatest depression below the pole ; if the interval is exactly twelve hours , the axis of the instrument bisects the diurnal circle in which the pole - star moves around the pole , and is ...
... pole ; and again , the instant of the star's greatest depression below the pole ; if the interval is exactly twelve hours , the axis of the instrument bisects the diurnal circle in which the pole - star moves around the pole , and is ...
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... poles according to a definite ratio . The length in any latitude may be calculated by this proportion- As rad . cos . lat . 69.04 miles : length of 1 ° long . in that lat . To determine the difference of the times of transit at the two ...
... poles according to a definite ratio . The length in any latitude may be calculated by this proportion- As rad . cos . lat . 69.04 miles : length of 1 ° long . in that lat . To determine the difference of the times of transit at the two ...
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