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... appear to be a continua- tion of the Rocky mountains in North America , and which extend through the whole of South America . Chimborazo , a part of the Andes , in Peru , is more than four miles high , and is the highest mountain in ...
... appear to be a continua- tion of the Rocky mountains in North America , and which extend through the whole of South America . Chimborazo , a part of the Andes , in Peru , is more than four miles high , and is the highest mountain in ...
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... appear directly under you , with his feet oppo- site to yours , would he not ? What would a line be called , that passed through the centre of the earth , reaching from one side to the opposite ? What would a line be called , that ...
... appear directly under you , with his feet oppo- site to yours , would he not ? What would a line be called , that passed through the centre of the earth , reaching from one side to the opposite ? What would a line be called , that ...
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... appear to move through the same part of the sky , does it ? You are right : the sun passes over the equa- tor about ... appears to go back every day , farther south , till it crosses the equator , Sept. 23d , when the days and nights are ...
... appear to move through the same part of the sky , does it ? You are right : the sun passes over the equa- tor about ... appears to go back every day , farther south , till it crosses the equator , Sept. 23d , when the days and nights are ...
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... appear to you ? How large Should you think it as large as the largest hill or mountain you ever saw ? as large as this town ? as large as all America ? as all this world ? Yes , it is much larger . It would take many thousand worlds ...
... appear to you ? How large Should you think it as large as the largest hill or mountain you ever saw ? as large as this town ? as large as all America ? as all this world ? Yes , it is much larger . It would take many thousand worlds ...
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... ? Because the sun shines upon it . The light of the moon comes wholly from the sun ; so that , if there were no sun , the moon itself would be dark . How large does the moon appear to you ? Does it appear larger , or smaller , than the 47 .
... ? Because the sun shines upon it . The light of the moon comes wholly from the sun ; so that , if there were no sun , the moon itself would be dark . How large does the moon appear to you ? Does it appear larger , or smaller , than the 47 .
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Page 56 - The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the watering-pot, And fish with glittering tails.
Page 39 - Every circumference of a. circle, whether the circle be large or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
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Page 110 - He would not accept his life, when offered on the condition that he should make peace with the English. When he was informed that it was determined to put him to death, he said, 'I like it well; I shall die before my heart is soft, before I shall have spoken anything unworthy of myself.
Page 26 - In the New England states — Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island...
Page 30 - What is a river ? A river is a large stream of water flowing through the, land. What is a lake ? A lake is a body of water surrounded by land.
Page 11 - And this point is called the centre of the circle, [and any straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference is called a radius of the circle].
Page 29 - What is an Island ? An Isl'and is a portion of Land entirely surrounded by Water.'How do you spell Island ? 12.
Page 88 - I see that the English are my friends and love me, and while I live I will never forget the kindness they have shown me.