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Page 88 - the bay of Bengal on the east and the Arabian sea on the west. The Ganges, the largest river of Hindostan, and one of the largest in Asia, rises in the
Page 113 - minutes later each successive day. As the Moon's orbit varies but little from the ecliptic, the Moon is never more than 29° from the Equator, and is generally much less. Hence the waters about the Equator being nearer the Moon, are more strongly attracted, and the tides are higher than towards the poles.
Page 123 - sometimes rendered pestilential by the heat of deserts, or the putrid exhalations of marshes and lakes. Thus, from the deserts of Africa, Arabia, and the neighboring countries, a hot wind blows, called Samiel or Simoom, which sometimes produces instant death.
Page 117 - To find the difference of longitude of any two places. Bring one of the places to the brazen meridian, and mark its longitude; then bring the other place to the meridian, and the number of degrees between its longitude and the first mark, is the difference of longitude.
Page 131 - War, and Navy. The legislative power is vested in a Congress, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The House of Representatives consists of
Page 113 - Thus, any particular place as A, while passing from under the Moon till it comes under the Moon again has two tides. But the Moon is constantly advancing in its orbit so that the Earth must a little more than complete its rotation before the place A comes under the Moon. This causes high water at any place about
Page 113 - The Sun attracts the waters as well as the Moon. When the Moon is at full or change, being in the same line of direction, it acts with the Sun; that is, the Sun and Moon tend to raise the tides at the same place, as seen in the
Page 15 - The Axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south, about which it revolves in 24 hours. The northern
Page 111 - as would be the case, if its axis were perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, and it is this which causes the days and nights of this season of the year, to be of equal length. On the
Page 112 - when the days are the shortest. Thus, as the Earth progresses in its orbit, after the days are the shortest, it changes its inclination towards the Sun, till it is again inclined as in the longest days in the summer.