| Robert Anderson (schoolmaster.) - 1856 - 406 pages
.... 183 .. .. 197 .. .. 200 China, Ac. .. 116 .. 121 PALKMTl Turker in As!a .. 122 INTRODUCTION. FORM OF THE EARTH. THE Earth is round, like an orange or a ball, and the following are the facts generally referred to, in proof of this :— 1. Vessels can sail round... | |
| Sophia S. Cornell - 1876 - 84 pages
...following words : Earth, Ge-og'ra-phy, Plan'et, De-scrip'tion, Sci'ence, Corn-posed'. What is the Earth? What is the shape of the Earth ? The Earth is round, like an orange or a ball. What science teaches us about the surface of the Earth? Geography. What is Geography ? What do you... | |
| Samuel Augustus Mitchell - Geography - 1885 - 86 pages
...FIRST LESSONS IN G.EOGRAPHT. INTRODUCTION. What is Geography ? Geography is a description of the Earth. What is the shape of the Earth ? The Earth is round like a ball. What part of the Earth is described in Geography ? The surface, or outside. How is the surface... | |
| Jacques Wardlaw Redway - Geography - 1888 - 146 pages
...What is the earth ? The earth is a planet, much like the stars we see in the sky on a clear night. What is the shape of the earth ? The earth is round like a globe. What proofs have we that the earth is round ? Men have sailed round it, and its shadow is... | |
| John Duncan Quackenbos - Geography - 1889 - 80 pages
...Plants, Fish'es. What does Geography tell us about ? Geography tells us about the Earth on which we live. What is the shape of the Earth ? The Earth is round like a Ball. Of what part of the Earth does Geography tell us? Of the outside of the Earth. What is the... | |
| Matthew Fontaine Maury - Geography - 1900 - 134 pages
...at the place from which they set out. So we know that the forth is round like a ball or an orange. For Recitation. What is the shape of the earth ? The...know that the earth is shaped like a ball, because if wo travel on it, always keeping in one direction, we come back at last to the place from which we set... | |
| Matthew Fontaine Maury - Geography - 1904 - 166 pages
...If a man could walk round the earth, and went 60 miles a day, the trip would take him about sixteen months. What a big ball the earth must be ! We know...The ea,rth is round like an orange or a ball. How do wo know this ? We know that the earth is shaped like a ball, because if we travel on it, always keeping... | |
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