Geography and HistoryC. & J. Rivington, 1828 - 388 Seiten |
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Seite 272 - Only double the time of the sun's rising that day, and it gives the length of the night ; double the time of its setting and it gives the length of the day.
Seite 165 - ... miles from North to South, and 150 miles from East to West.
Seite 23 - ... temporal , who sit, together with the king, in one house, and the commons, who sit by themselves in another. And the king and these three estates, together, form the great corporation or body politic of the kingdom, of which the king is said to be caput, principium, et finis.
Seite 147 - Roman when in its height of power. The Saracen greatness ended with the death of Tamerlane ; and the Turks, conquerors on every side, took possession of the middle regions of Asia, which they still enjoy. The principal countries...
Seite 109 - ... and Norway. Magnus was succeeded in the kingdom of Norway by his son Hagen VI, husband of the celebrated Margaret, and, at his decease, in 1380, Norway was united to Denmark by their son, Olof V, who dying without issue, Margaret herself was raised to the throne by the unanimous voice of the nation. On her death it descended, with Denmark and Sweden, to her nephew Eric. Sweden was...
Seite 310 - Samaria taken after three years siege ; and the kingdom of Israel finished by Salmanazar, king of Assyria, who carries the ten tribes into captivity. The first eclipse of the moon on record. 658 Byzantium (now Constantinople) built by a colony of Athenians.
Seite 313 - Alexandria, began his astronomical tera on Monday, June 26, being the first who found the exact solar year to consist of 365 days, 5 hours, and 49 minutes.
Seite 255 - ... night. But every place, though ever so little to the east or west, has its own meridian. The first meridian on our maps is usually drawn through London, or more properly Greenwich, but often through Washington. 4. The Ecliptic or Zodiac represents that path in the heavens which the sun seems to describe by the earth's annually revolving round it. It is divided into twelve equal parts, called signs, and each sign contains thirty degrees ; corresponding to the twelve months of the year, and the...
Seite 266 - IV. — To find the Sun's place in the Ecliptic at any time. The month and day being given, look for the same on the wooden horizon! and over against the day you will find the particular sign and degree in which the sun is at that time.
Seite 147 - In early times, this vast extent of territory was successively governed by the Assyrians, Medes, Persians, and Greeks ; but the regions of India and China were little known to Alexander, or the conquerors of the ancient world. On the decline of these empires...