Easy Lessons in Geography and History: Designed for the Use of the Younger Classes in the New England Schools |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 21
Page 1
... PREFIXED THE ELEMENTS OF LINEAR DRAWING . BY JOSEPH ALLEN , MINISTER OF NORTHBOROUGH , MASS . BOSTON : HILLIARD , GRAY , LITTLE AND WILKINS . 1832 . Fone T248.32-135 ~ Edere T 248.31.3 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM BOSTON: ...
... PREFIXED THE ELEMENTS OF LINEAR DRAWING . BY JOSEPH ALLEN , MINISTER OF NORTHBOROUGH , MASS . BOSTON : HILLIARD , GRAY , LITTLE AND WILKINS . 1832 . Fone T248.32-135 ~ Edere T 248.31.3 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM BOSTON: ...
Page 5
... instead of becoming soon soiled and torn , as is apt to be the case with maps put into the hands of young children . The Elements of Linear Drawing were prefixed to the second 1 * 5 work, or, as in the case with the ...
... instead of becoming soon soiled and torn , as is apt to be the case with maps put into the hands of young children . The Elements of Linear Drawing were prefixed to the second 1 * 5 work, or, as in the case with the ...
Page 6
... Drawing were prefixed to the second edition , and are re- tained in the present , from a belief , founded on the writer's observation and experience , that they furnish a very pleasant and useful exercise , even for quite young children ...
... Drawing were prefixed to the second edition , and are re- tained in the present , from a belief , founded on the writer's observation and experience , that they furnish a very pleasant and useful exercise , even for quite young children ...
Page 7
... DRAWING . SECTION I. 1. What is a straight line ? It is a line that is drawn wholly in one di- rection , without turning either way . Or , it is a line that is drawn from one point to another the nearest way . If it is not straight , it ...
... DRAWING . SECTION I. 1. What is a straight line ? It is a line that is drawn wholly in one di- rection , without turning either way . Or , it is a line that is drawn from one point to another the nearest way . If it is not straight , it ...
Page 8
... draw the above on his slate or paper , but also to hold his slate , or book , or rule , in the positions described . ] 5. What are parallel lines ? They are lines drawn along- side of each other , and which keep just as far apart all ...
... draw the above on his slate or paper , but also to hold his slate , or book , or rule , in the positions described . ] 5. What are parallel lines ? They are lines drawn along- side of each other , and which keep just as far apart all ...
Other editions - View all
Easy Lessons in Geography and History Designed for the Use of the Younger ... Joseph Allen No preview available - 2009 |
Common terms and phrases
Africa afterwards Asia Atlantic ocean Boston cape Cape Horn captain chief circle circumference comets Connecticut river degrees died drawn east Eastern Continent eclipse England English equator Europe farther fight forefathers four rods friends frigid zones geography globe governor gulf of Mexico Harvard College Haven colonies Herschel Holland inhabitants island killed lakes land Latin word latitude Let the pupil Let the teacher live longitude Masassoit Massachusetts Colony Mediterranean sea miles millions Mississippi moon mountains mouth move round Narrhagansett Indians Old World Pacific ocean parallel lines Pequot war Pequots persons Philip planets Plymouth Colony Questions for Review right angle river Humber rods square round the earth round the sun sachem Salem Sassacus savages SECTION sent settlement settlers ship side slate sometimes called South America southern straight line tell town United vessel Wampanoags weather western Winslow Winthrop
Popular passages
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.
Page 116 - George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison * John Tyler James K. Polk Zachary Taylor * Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln * Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield * Chester A.
Page 70 - Nuevitas and took possession of the country In the name of the King of Spain.
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.