 | Jedidiah Morse, Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 398 páginas
...It is terminated at each end by the surface. The poles of the earth are the two extremities of the axis. One is called the north pole, and the other the south pole, and each of them is 90° from the equator, Less circles are those which divide the globe into two unequal... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1839 - 554 páginas
...place. The poles of the earth are those two points on its surface in which its axis terminates. The one is called the north pole, and the other the south pole. The poles of the heaven, are those two points in which '• earth's axis produced terminates in the... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1835 - 388 páginas
...the axis, is called the equator. The poles of the equator are called the poles of the earth — the one is called the north pole, and the other the south pole. 4. Every great circle which passes through the poles cuts the equator at right angles, and is called... | |
 | Alexander Baharie - 1844 - 218 páginas
...to turn round. 4. There are two points on the surface of the globe, called the poles of the earth ; one is called the north pole, and the other the south pole. 5. The equator is a great circle on the earth, equally distant from each pole. 6. Meridians are imaginary... | |
 | John Craig (F.G.S.) - 1849 - 1148 páginas
...the ends are called the pola, and the whole power of the magnet seems concentrated in these points; one is called the north pole, and the other the south pole. The line which joins the poles is called the axit. MAGNETIC, mag-net'ik, > a. Relating to the MAGNETICAL,... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1854 - 446 páginas
...hours. 1 The great circle, whose poles are the extremities of are called the poles of the earth — one is called the north pole, and the other the south pole. 5. The circumference of every great circle which passes through the poles, cuts the equator at right... | |
 | James Monteith - 1854 - 188 páginas
...of the Earth ? A. An imaginary line on which it turns. Q. What are the ends of the Axis called ? A. One is called the North Pole, and the other, the South Pole. LESSON X. Q. What is the Shape of the Earth ? A. Round like a ball, a little flattened at the Poles.... | |
 | Cale Pelton - 1855 - 246 páginas
...out on the map the Northern Ocean. The Southern. The Atlantic. The Pacific. The Indian. 51. Which la the largest Ocean ? The second in extent ? The third...seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. MOTIONS OF THE EARTH. 1 4 By earth's diameter we mean Earth's axis is a fancied line, The shortest distance... | |
 | Cale Pelton - 1855 - 250 páginas
...Indian. 51. Which ia the largest Ocean ? The second in extent ? The third I The fourth? The fifth I MOTIONS OF THE EARTH. 52. The diameter of the earth...seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. MOTIONS OF THE EARTH. 1 4 By earth's diameter we mean Earth's axis is a fancied line, The shortest distance... | |
 | Elias Loomis - 1855 - 192 páginas
...diameter around which it revolves once a day. The extremities of this axis are the terrestrial poles; one is called the north pole, and the other the south pole. The equator is a great circle perpendicular to the earth's axis. Meridians are great circles passing... | |
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The circumference of the earth is the greatest distance round it. 54. The earth is about 8,000 miles in diameter, and 25,000 in circumference. 55. .The axis of the earth is an imaginary* straight line, passing through its centre from North to South. 56.... 
