 Geography is that part of mixed mathematics which explains the state of the Earth and of its parts, depending on quantity, viz. its figure, place, magnitude, and motion with the celestial appearances, etc. By some it is taken in too limited a sense, for...  Scottish Geographical Magazine - Seite 5111901Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Bernhardus Varenius - 1734 - 562 Seiten
...Defign of Geography. VOL. I. B 2 <fbe Abjbhile Part SECT. I. The Definition of Geography. GEOGRAPHTis that part of mixed Mathematics^ which explains the State of the Earth, and of it's Parts, depending on Quantity, viz. it's Figure, Place, Magnitude, and Motion, with the Celcftial... | |
 | Charles James - 1805 - 1236 Seiten
...iind explains the state of the earth, and parts t hereof that depend upon quantity; or it is rather that part of mixed mathematics, which explains the...its parts depending on quantity, viz. its figure, magnitude, place, and motion, with the celestial appearances, &c. In consequence of this definition,... | |
 | William Duane - 1810 - 774 Seiten
...teaches and explains the state of the earth, and parts thereof that depend upon quantify; or it is rather that part of mixed mathematics, which explains the...its parts depending on quantity, viz. its figure, magnitude, place, and motion, with the celestial appearances, &c. In consequence of this definition,... | |
 | 1901 - 748 Seiten
...1672.* The opening definition as rendered in the English translation of 1733 (a work spoilt in roost places by a parasitic growth of notes and interpolations)...extensively, who along with such a description would hare their political constitution." Varenius produced a framework of Physical Geography capable of... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1901 - 1146 Seiten
...parasitic growth of notes and interpolations) runs: — • ' Geography is that part of mi.ml mnthemntio which explains the state of the Earth and of its parts,...depending on quantity, viz., its figure, place, magnitude 1 Dugdale, in the introduction to the English translation published in 1733, states explicitly that.... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1901 - 1142 Seiten
...of at thu time that Sir Isaac Newton brought out an annotated Latin edition at Cambridge in 1C72.1 The opening definition as rendered in the English...depending on quantity, viz., its figure, place, magnitude 1 Dugdale, in the introduction to the English translation published in 1733, states explicitly that... | |
 | Ron Johnston, Michael Williams, British Academy - 2003 - 722 Seiten
...locations) as an applied mathematical pursuit incorporating both terrestrial and celestial spheres. It was 'that part of mixed mathematics which explains the...and of its parts depending on quantity, viz., its figures, place, magnitude and motion, with celestial appearances' (Baker, 1955). Besides his reworking... | |
 | 1905 - 890 Seiten
...opening definition as rendered in the English translation of 1733 (a work largely spoilt by stupid notes and interpolations) runs — " Geography is that part of mixed mathematics which explains the etate of the Earth and of its parts, depending on quantity, viz. its figure, place, magnitude, and... | |
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