Encyclop¿dia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 7. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 634
... earth is 400 , oco ftadia . Ariftar- chus of Samos is thought to have confidered the mag- nitude of the earth as well as of the fun and moon . Archimedes makes mention of the ancients who held this fubject . the circumference of the ...
... earth is 400 , oco ftadia . Ariftar- chus of Samos is thought to have confidered the mag- nitude of the earth as well as of the fun and moon . Archimedes makes mention of the ancients who held this fubject . the circumference of the ...
Page 636
... earth is in a fair way of being much better known to the moderns than that of the most adjacent countries was to the ... earth . SECT . II . Principles and Practice of Geography . Price . THE fundamental principles of geography are , the ...
... earth is in a fair way of being much better known to the moderns than that of the most adjacent countries was to the ... earth . SECT . II . Principles and Practice of Geography . Price . THE fundamental principles of geography are , the ...
Page 637
... earth comes quickly in be- tween the eye of the obferver and the luminary , the motion of the earth being much more rapid there than any where else . In our climate the twilight always continues two hours or thereabouts , and during the ...
... earth comes quickly in be- tween the eye of the obferver and the luminary , the motion of the earth being much more rapid there than any where else . In our climate the twilight always continues two hours or thereabouts , and during the ...
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