 | Benjamin Franklin Edmands - Geography - 1841 - 88 pages
...irregularly ; mountains, by dark shades ; deserts, by clusters of small dots ; boundaries, by dotted lines. The Axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south. The extremities of the Axis are called the POLES. The EQ.UATOR or EQ.UINOX, is an imaginary circle,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1841 - 516 pages
...below the horizon : a little further the lower sails disappear, and then the topsails. 2. Axis, Poles. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre, and about which it revolves ; the extremities of the axis are called the poles ; the north pole is... | |
 | John B. Fairfield - Geography - 1842 - 150 pages
...revolution is its turning on its axis, like a wheel ; this takes place daily, or once in 24 hours. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south, «• the north pole is its northern extremity, the south pole the southern extremity. A hemisphere... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1843 - 120 pages
...sphere. The diameter of the earth is about 7,912 miles, and its circumference nearly 25,000 miles. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south, the extreme points of which are called the poles. Meridians are great circles, which are supposed to... | |
 | 1844 - 636 pages
...earth, exhibiting its great divisions. The diurnal motion of this globe 'w from west to eijst. — The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre; and the wire on which the artificial globe turns, represents this line. The poles of the the extremities... | |
 | Alexander Baharie - 1844 - 218 pages
...their various appearances down in maps and charts. 2. The earth is a spherical or globular figure. 3. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre, upon which it is supposed to turn round. 4. There are two points on the surface of the globe, called... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Classical geography - 1844 - 356 pages
...flattened at he poles. The equatorial diameter exceeds the polar diameter by upwards of 26 miles. 19. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre. 20. The extremities of the axis are called the Poles, the one north and the other south. 21. The annual... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1844 - 346 pages
...Almighty are directed by infinite wisdom and goodness. 9 101. What is the axis of the earth ? A. It is an imaginary line passing through its centre from North to South. 102. What are the poles of the earth ? A. The ends of the axis. 103. How many poles are there ? A.... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1845 - 138 pages
...miles. The circwn'ference of the earth, or its measure round on its surface, is nearly 25,000 miles. The ax'is of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south, the extreme points of which are called the poles. Merid'ians are great circles passing through the... | |
 | Edward Bruce (bookseller.), John Bruce - Astronomy - 1846 - 398 pages
...places upon it. 2. A map is a representation of the earth, or of a part of it, upon a plane surface. 3. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre, round which it turns from west to east, once in 24 hours. This is represented in globes by the wire... | |
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The AXIS of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south. The... 
