| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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