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... degrees , 40 minutes , 52 seconds . The half of 360 is 180 , and the half of 180 , or the fourth part of 360 , is 90. Hence if the whole circle contains 360 ° , a B semicircle will contain 180 ° , and a quadrant , CHAPTER I. ...
... degrees , 40 minutes , 52 seconds . The half of 360 is 180 , and the half of 180 , or the fourth part of 360 , is 90. Hence if the whole circle contains 360 ° , a B semicircle will contain 180 ° , and a quadrant , CHAPTER I. ...
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... contain 90 ° , or an angle called a right angle . Hence it will be seen that the Equator dividing the earth equally ... contained between two radii , is called an arc of 30 ° ; a quadrant is an arc of 90 ° ; a semicircle is an arc of ...
... contain 90 ° , or an angle called a right angle . Hence it will be seen that the Equator dividing the earth equally ... contained between two radii , is called an arc of 30 ° ; a quadrant is an arc of 90 ° ; a semicircle is an arc of ...
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... contained between the several prin- cipal circles we have described . Thus , between the Poles and Polar Circles are the two Frigid Zones , between the Frigid Zones and the Tropics are the two Temperate Zones , and between the two ...
... contained between the several prin- cipal circles we have described . Thus , between the Poles and Polar Circles are the two Frigid Zones , between the Frigid Zones and the Tropics are the two Temperate Zones , and between the two ...
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... a part of the immense Empire of Russia ; that part of it which is contained between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoph is called the Crimea , or Little Tartary . On either side of " the Gulph of Bothnia is Sweden , and to the 15 14.
... a part of the immense Empire of Russia ; that part of it which is contained between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoph is called the Crimea , or Little Tartary . On either side of " the Gulph of Bothnia is Sweden , and to the 15 14.
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... contained Bohemia , East of Franconia , and North East of Bavaria ; and its dependencies , Lusatia to the North , Silesia to the North East , and Moravia towards the South East of Bohemia . In Switzerland are N. La . E. Lo . Basil 47 ...
... contained Bohemia , East of Franconia , and North East of Bavaria ; and its dependencies , Lusatia to the North , Silesia to the North East , and Moravia towards the South East of Bohemia . In Switzerland are N. La . E. Lo . Basil 47 ...
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Page 216 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 248 - Caesar et omnis luli progenies magnum caeli ventura sub axem. 790 hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis, Augustus Caesar, divi genus, aurea condet saecula qui rursus Latio regnata per arva Saturno quondam, super et Garamantas et Indos proferet imperium ; iacet extra sidera tellus, extra anni solisque vias, ubi caelifer Atlas axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum.
Page 48 - Arctic, on the East by the Pacific, and on the South by the Indian Ocean ; its Western boundary, which separates it from Europe, has already been described.
Page 105 - Portus ab accessu ventorum immotus et ingens 570 ipse; sed horrificis iuxta tonat Aetna ruinis interdumque atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem, turbine fumantem piceo et candente favilla, attollitque globos flammarum et sidera lambit: interdum scopulos avolsaque viscera montis 575 erigit eructans liquefactaque saxa sub auras cum gemitu glomerat fundoque exaestuat imo.
Page 105 - Scylla latus, laevum implacata Charybdis Obsidet, atque imo barathri ter gurgite vastos Sorbet in abruptum fluctus, rursusque sub auras Erigit alternos et sidera verberat unda. At Scyllam caecis cohibet spelunca latebris, 425 Ora exsertantem et naves in saxa trahentem. Prima hominis facies et pulchro pectore virgo Pube tenus, postrema immani corpore pistrix Delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum.
Page 250 - Temple (so celebrated in antiquity) of Jupiter Hammon, said to have been founded by Bacchus, in gratitude to his father Jupiter, who appeared to him, when perishing with thirst, in the form of a ram, and shewed him a fountain.