 ... the very places they set out 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...  Introductory Geography in Readings and Recitations - Page 3by William Swinton - 1882 - 118 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Harper & Brothers - Geography - 1878 - 120 pages
...can reach the place he started from, without turning about and going back. What other proof have we that the earth is round ? When a ship is coming in...tops of the masts are seen first, then the sails, and then the hull. Why does that prove that the earth is round? Because if the surface of the water were... | |
 | Geography - 1879 - 118 pages
...can reach the place he started fron without turning about and going back. What other proof have we that the earth is round ? When a ship is coming in from sea, th tops of the masts are seen first, then the sail and then the hull. Why does that prove that the... | |
 | Geography - 1880 - 120 pages
...can reach the place he started fron without turning about and going back. What other proof have we that the earth is round ? When a ship is coming in from sea, th tops of the masts are seen first, then the sail and then the hull. Why does that prove that the... | |
 | William Swinton - Geography - 1881 - 108 pages
...same general direction, come round again to the very port from which it started. Another proof is that when a ship is coming in from sea the tops of the masts are first seen, then the sails, and last the hull; but if the world were flat we should see the whole ship... | |
 | Geography - 1885 - 120 pages
...can reach the place he started from, without turning about and going back. What other proof have we that the earth is round ? When a ship is coming in...tops of the masts are seen first, then the sails, and then the hull. Why does that prove that the earth is round ? Because if the surface of the water were... | |
 | 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 hull would be seen as soon as the... | |
 | Geography - 1896 - 120 pages
...can reach the place he started from, without turning about and going back. What other proof have we that the earth is round ? When a ship is coming in...tops of the masts are seen first, then the sails, and then the hull. Why does that prove that the earth is round? Because if the surface of the water were... | |
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