Geography for the Use of Australian YouthS.A. Tegg, 1845 - 204 pages |
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... needle 181 The four Magnetic Poles The Aurora .. Formation of the Earth 182 round Size of the Earth Annual Motion .. The Seasons Changes in the Annual Changes of the Moon 202 .. 183 • Motion 185 Antiquity of the Earth 185 The Fixed ...
... needle 181 The four Magnetic Poles The Aurora .. Formation of the Earth 182 round Size of the Earth Annual Motion .. The Seasons Changes in the Annual Changes of the Moon 202 .. 183 • Motion 185 Antiquity of the Earth 185 The Fixed ...
Page 136
... needle of the mariner's compass loses its power , and will turn any way . It was observed to follow the sun in its apparent daily revolution . The North Magnetic Pole lies near lat . 70 ° N. , and long . 97 ° W. The north - western ...
... needle of the mariner's compass loses its power , and will turn any way . It was observed to follow the sun in its apparent daily revolution . The North Magnetic Pole lies near lat . 70 ° N. , and long . 97 ° W. The north - western ...
Page 180
... needle in the mariner's compass points towards the north and the other towards the south . The Mariner's Compass consists of a box in which is suspended , so as to move with freedom any way , a piece of fine magnetized - steel , called ...
... needle in the mariner's compass points towards the north and the other towards the south . The Mariner's Compass consists of a box in which is suspended , so as to move with freedom any way , a piece of fine magnetized - steel , called ...
Page 181
... needle begins to dip down towards the north side . Towards the south magnetic pole the needle dips on the southern side . In England the needle dips towards the north at the angle of 70 ° ; in Iceland and New York it is much the same ...
... needle begins to dip down towards the north side . Towards the south magnetic pole the needle dips on the southern side . In England the needle dips towards the north at the angle of 70 ° ; in Iceland and New York it is much the same ...
Page 182
... needle . Though now the variation at London is 24 degrees west , it is not two hundred years since there was no variation , and before that period it was easterly . These singular changes in the course of the mag- netic fluid are ...
... needle . Though now the variation at London is 24 degrees west , it is not two hundred years since there was no variation , and before that period it was easterly . These singular changes in the course of the mag- netic fluid are ...
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Page 200 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
Page 126 - Mexico on the south; and from the Atlantic Ocean on the east, to the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Page 10 - So, the top of the map, or that part to which you are looking, will be the north, the bottom the south, the right hand the east, and the left hand the west.
Page 135 - America is bounded on the east by the Atlantic and on the west by the Pacific ocean.
Page 16 - main stream." "Churches in the main stream of historic Christianity" originally included the Church of England, the Church of Scotland, the Roman Catholic Church, and the churches associated in the Free Church Federal Council — mainly Methodist, Baptist, Congregational, and Presbyterian.
Page 181 - ... terrestrial meridian ; in these a magnetic needle freely suspended, points to the true north, but if it be carried successively to different places on the earth's surface, its direction will deviate sometimes to the east and sometimes to the west of north. Lines drawn on the globe through all the places where the needle points due north and south, are called lines of no variation, and are extremely complicated.
Page 107 - ... is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean, on the west by the Atlantic, on the south by the southern ocean, on the east by the Red sea and the Indian ocean.
Page 180 - N. by E N NE ....... NE by N NE. NE by E E NE E by N...
Page 140 - ... communication by railway with Philadelphia and Baltimore ; and keeping in recollection the ready access by railway and canal to Cleveland, on Lake Erie, it will be seen that Cincinnati is the centre of a circle which bears on the Atlantic in the east, the vast prairies on the west, the lake-countries on the north, and the Gulf of Mexico on the south.
Page 102 - Sound, between Sweden and Zealand ; Great Belt, between Zealand and Funen ; Little Belt, between Funen and Jutland ; Straits of Do'ver, joining the German Ocean and the English Channel ; Straits of Gibral'tar, joining the Atlantic and the Mediterranean ; Straits of Bonifa'cio, between Corsica and Sardinia ; Straits of Messi'na, between Italy and Sicily...