 | James Gordon Carter - 1830 - 244 pages
...well answer the purpose. Let his attention first be directed to the map and inform him that the top is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. Let him find on the map the town where he resides, and observe carefully its shape,its ponds, its rivers,... | |
 | James Gordon Carter, William Hathorne Brooks - 1830 - 124 pages
...answer the purpose. Let his attention first be directed to the map, and inform him that the top is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. Let him find on the map the town where he resides, and observe carefully its shape, its ponds, its... | |
 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - 1830 - 280 pages
...surface of the earth, and may be delineated on any plane or sphere. The top of a map is the north part, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. MAP. Latitude is the distance of a place north or south of the Equator, and cannot exceed 90 degrees.... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1831 - 416 pages
...simultaneously or subse quently directed. iar illustration the meaning of a map, and inform him that the top is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. Let him find on the map the town or the village, where he resides, and observe carefully its shape,... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1831 - 380 pages
...simultaneously or subse quently directed. iar illustration the meaning of a map, and inform him that the top is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. Let him find on the map the town or the village, where he resides, and observe carefully its shape.... | |
 | 1834 - 444 pages
...county without looking at the names below. They must bear in mind, that generally the top of the map is the north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. There is usually a little figure of a compass with something like an arrow pointing to the north. In... | |
 | Thomas St. Clair Macdougal - 1835 - 172 pages
...vast tract of land, containing many countries, not separated by water. 1 The top of a Map is towards the North, the bottom South, the right hand East, and the left hand West I! Q. How many continents are there ? A. Two; the eastern continent, -» Europe, Asia, or old world,... | |
 | William Channing Woodbridge - 1836 - 544 pages
...on our left, north before us, and south behind us. 53. On a map or chart, the upper part is always north — the bottom, south, — the right hand, east — and the left hand, west, as represented in the following figure. (5.) Points of the Compass. 54. The course of a river is that... | |
 | Abel Flint - 1835 - 366 pages
...sides till the whole is protracted. In protracting a field, let the top of the paper be considered as north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west ; lay the course to the right or left of the meridian line, according as it is east or west, and upwards... | |
 | S. H. Archer - 1835 - 92 pages
...of course cannot be more than 90°, and is always reckoned from the equator. The top of the map is North, the bottom South, the right hand East, and the left hand West. The lines that are drawn from pole to pole, or from the top to the hottom of the map, are called Meridians... | |
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Paper be considered as North ; the Bottom, South ; the Right hand, East ; and the Left hand, West... 
