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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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| Title | Easy Lessons in Geography and History: Designed for the Use of the Younger Classes in the New England Schools |
| Author | Joseph Allen |
| Publisher | Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1832 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 116 pages |
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