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" ... from. What does that prove ? It proves that the earth is round like a ball. Why does it prove that the earth is round ? Because a circular path is the only one by which one can reach the place he started from, without turning about and going back.... "
Primary Geography: Introductory to Swinton's "Grammar School Geography" - Page 2
by William Swinton - 1881 - 90 pages
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The Teacher's Guide to Illustration: A Manual to Accompany Holbrook's School ...

Franklin C. Brownell - Scientific apparatus and instruments - 1861 - 200 pages
...shape of the earth, the upper part of an approaching object is seen first. When a ship comes in sight, the tops of the masts are first seen, then the sails, and lastly the hull. Illustration. Insert a pin into the globe, and turn the globe. The outer extremity...
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Harper's Introductory Geography: With Maps and Illustrations Prepared ...

Harper & Brothers - Geography - 1878 - 120 pages
...started from, without turning about and going back. What other proof have we that the earth is round ? When a ship is coming in from sea, the tops of the masts are seen first, then the sails, and then the hull. Why does that prove that the earth is round? Because...
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Introductory Geography in Readings and Recitations

William Swinton - Earth (Planet) - 1882 - 136 pages
...earth first found out ? By sailing around the earth. 5. Give another proof that the earth is round. When a ship is coming in from sea the tops of the masts are seen first, then the sails, and last the hull. READING-LESSON II. DIRECTION AND DISTANCE. ae-tron'o-mer...
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Harper's Introductory Geography: With Maps and Illustrations, Prepared ...

Geography - 1885 - 120 pages
...started from, without turning about and going back. What other proof have we that the earth is round ? When a ship is coming in from sea, the tops of the masts are seen first, then the sails, and then the hull. Why does that prove that the earth is round ? Because...
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Harper's School Geography

Geography - 1885 - 150 pages
...land, the hull or body first disappears from sight, then the sails, and last the tops of the masts. When a ship is coming in from sea, the tops of the masts are seen first, then the sails, and lastly the hull or body. If the surface of the water were fiat, the...
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Harper's Introductory Geography: With Maps and Illustrations Prepared ...

Geography - 1896 - 120 pages
...started from, without turning about and going back. What other proof have we that the earth is round ? When a ship is coming in from sea, the tops of the masts are seen first, then the sails, and then the hull. Why does that prove that the earth is round? Because...
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