Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According to the Great Natural Divisions of the Globe; Accompanied with Analytical, Synoptical, and Elementary Tables, Volume 1Wells and Lilly, 1824 - Atlases |
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Page 625 - SW by W. WSW W. by S. West (W.) W. by N. WNW NW by W. NW NW by N. NNW N. by W. North French Names. Nord (N.) N. i NE NNE NE
Page 501 - found the abode of the species pyrosoma confined to one particular region of the Atlantic Ocean; and they imagine that each description of zoophyte has its place of residence determined by the temperature necessary to support its existence. The ocean also contains monsters, which it is dangerous
Page 22 - of the ecliptic causes the arc of the equator, which passes the meridian in the same time with the diurnal arc of the ecliptic, to be not always equal to it, but to be sometimes greater and sometimes less. With regard to the second cause, we observe that the sun, being placed in
Page 404 - western part derives warmth from being in the neighbourhood of Africa, which, like an immense furnace, distributes its heat to Arabia, to Turkey in Asia, and to Europe. On the contrary, Asia, in its
Page 319 - a blue shade to distant mountains, and which give the atmosphere its azure hue. The rays of blue light, being the most refrangible, pass in the greatest quantity through the aquatic fluid, which, from its density and depth, makes them undergo a strong refraction. The other shades in the
Page 297 - difficult to explain. We mean those lakes which receive streams of water, and often great rivers, without having any visible outlet The most celebrated of these is the Caspian Sea ; Asia contains a great many others besides. The Niger, if it does not touch the sea, most probably falls into a lake of this kind, and
Page 7 - divided into 360 degrees; each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute is subdivided into 60 seconds. It is easy to see that we may, with regard to the heavenly bodies, substitute, for the plane NEMO, which touches
Page 166 - some valleys, whose salient and re-entrant angles so perfectly correspond, that if the force which separated them were to act in a contrary direction, and bring their sides together again, they would unite so exactly, that even the fissure would not be perceived.
Page 395 - sure, all other things being equal—for the rays of the morning, which directly strike the hills exposed to the east, have to counteract the cold which has accumulated there during the night. When the atmosphere, in the afternoon, shall have reached its greatest degree of warmth, the solar rays will no longer serve to concentrate this mass
Page 380 - column presents itself in the shape of a hollow cylinder, or tube of glass empty within. It glides over the sea without any wind being felt; indeed several have been seen at once following different directions. When the cloud and the marine base