The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America: Containing Astronomical Geography.--geographical Definitions, Discovery, and General Description ... with a Particular Description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont ... to which is Added, an Abridgement of the Geography of the British, Spanish, French and Dutch Dominions in America and the West Indies.--of Europe, Asia, and AfricaJohn Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1792 - 536 Seiten |
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... miles an hour , would not reach us in 700,000 years . Light , which is tranfmitted from one body to another almost inftantane- oully , takes up more time in paffing from the fixed ftars to this earth , than we do in making a voyage to ...
... miles an hour , would not reach us in 700,000 years . Light , which is tranfmitted from one body to another almost inftantane- oully , takes up more time in paffing from the fixed ftars to this earth , than we do in making a voyage to ...
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... miles every hour ; fo that its velocity in its orbit is at least 142 times as great as the velocity of a cannon - ball , fuppofing the ball to move through eight miles in a minute , which it is found to do nearly . At this rate it would ...
... miles every hour ; fo that its velocity in its orbit is at least 142 times as great as the velocity of a cannon - ball , fuppofing the ball to move through eight miles in a minute , which it is found to do nearly . At this rate it would ...
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... miles ; and of course , a minute on the equator is equal to a mile . But as all the meridians cut the equator at ... miles , or half as long as a degree on the equator ; as is evident from the following table . A TABLE , Shewing the ...
... miles ; and of course , a minute on the equator is equal to a mile . But as all the meridians cut the equator at ... miles , or half as long as a degree on the equator ; as is evident from the following table . A TABLE , Shewing the ...
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... miles from the earth's furface . This fluid is called the atmosphere . Experiment has fhewn , that this atmosphere is effential to animal and vegetable life . It is a neceffary vehicle of found ; and without it few things would be ...
... miles from the earth's furface . This fluid is called the atmosphere . Experiment has fhewn , that this atmosphere is effential to animal and vegetable life . It is a neceffary vehicle of found ; and without it few things would be ...
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... miles wide . eaftern and western . The eaftern The Pacific , lying between Afia continent is divided into Europe , and America , ten thousand miles Afia and Africa ; the western into over . The Indian - Ocean , lying be- North and South ...
... miles wide . eaftern and western . The eaftern The Pacific , lying between Afia continent is divided into Europe , and America , ten thousand miles Afia and Africa ; the western into over . The Indian - Ocean , lying be- North and South ...
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Seite 20 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Seite 155 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Seite 86 - ... be capable of holding any office under the United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Seite 35 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Seite 35 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Seite 467 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Seite 35 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Seite 466 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter' shall be formed in the said territory...
Seite 35 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie through the middle of said lake...
Seite 366 - ... that in this place particularly they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from...