A New System of Modern Geography, Or, A View of the Present State of the WorldGeorge Clark, 1822 - 676 pages |
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... called the centre . The circumference of a circle is the curve line , which bounds it . The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; and the diameter is a straight line drawn through the centre ...
... called the centre . The circumference of a circle is the curve line , which bounds it . The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; and the diameter is a straight line drawn through the centre ...
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... called small circles . Their planes do not pass through its centre . The two Tropics , and the two Polar Circles , are small circles . Axis . The axis of the earth , or any heavenly body , is an imag- inary straight line passing through ...
... called small circles . Their planes do not pass through its centre . The two Tropics , and the two Polar Circles , are small circles . Axis . The axis of the earth , or any heavenly body , is an imag- inary straight line passing through ...
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... called the Zenith ; and the opposite point , or that directly under our feet , is called the Nadir . The straight line connecting these two , passes through the centre of the horizon and is called its axis . The zen- ith and nadir of ...
... called the Zenith ; and the opposite point , or that directly under our feet , is called the Nadir . The straight line connecting these two , passes through the centre of the horizon and is called its axis . The zen- ith and nadir of ...
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... called their primaries ; and , in company with them , round the SUTI . Asteroids are very small bodies , revolving round the sun , in or- bits making larger angles with the plane of the ecliptic , and with motions either direct , i . e ...
... called their primaries ; and , in company with them , round the SUTI . Asteroids are very small bodies , revolving round the sun , in or- bits making larger angles with the plane of the ecliptic , and with motions either direct , i . e ...
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... called Semi - Tychonics . The COPERNICAN SYSTEM is so called from Copernicus , a native of Thorn in Royal Prussia , and is the TRUE SOLAR SYSTEM . It had been taught by some of the Pythagorean philosophers , but was nearly lost , when ...
... called Semi - Tychonics . The COPERNICAN SYSTEM is so called from Copernicus , a native of Thorn in Royal Prussia , and is the TRUE SOLAR SYSTEM . It had been taught by some of the Pythagorean philosophers , but was nearly lost , when ...
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