 | Alexander Mackay - Geography - 1861 - 790 pages
...in one direction, whether duo east or due west, have returned to the port from which they set out 6. The shadow which the earth casts on the moon, during an eclipse, is always circular. 7. All the other members of the solar system are spherical. t A prolate spheroid,... | |
 | David Page - Physical geography - 1863 - 228 pages
...the port from which they set out, thus making what is termed the circumnaingation of the globe. 5. The shadow which the earth casts on the moon during an eclipse is always circular. And, lastly, the earth belonging to a system or brotherhood, the other members... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - Geography - 1864 - 334 pages
...general direction, whether due east or due west, have returned to the port from which they set out. f,. The shadow which the earth casts on the moon during an eclipse is always circular. 7. All the other members of the solar system are spheric.'.!. t The circumference... | |
 | David Page - Physical geography - 1864 - 352 pages
...miles the depression will be nine times 8 inches, or 6 feet, and so on for every other distance. 7. The shadow which the earth casts on the moon during an eclipse is always circular. And, lastly, the earth belonging to a system or brotherhood, the other members... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - Geography - 1873 - 712 pages
...one direction, whether due east or due west, have returned to the port from which they set uut. в. The shadow which the earth casts on the moon, during an eclipse, i» always circular. 7. All the other members of the solar system are spherical t A prolate spheroid,... | |
 | Alexander Mackay - Geomorphology - 1877 - 184 pages
...one direction, whether due east or due west, have returned to the port from which they set out. 6. The shadow which the earth casts on the moon, during an eclipse, is always circular. 7. All the other members of the solar system are spherical. Standards of Metrology.... | |
 | David Page - 1883 - 394 pages
...have to make an allowance for a dip of this extent in order to keep the water at a uniform level. 7. The shadow which the earth casts on the moon during an eclipse is always circular. 8. And lastly, the earth belonging to a system or brotherhood, the other members... | |
 | Colin Arrott R. Browning - 1884 - 274 pages
...until at last it finally disappears when the equator is crossed. Other stars rise in the south. (5.) The shadow which the earth casts on the moon during an eclipse s always circular. MOTIONS OF THE EARTH. The Earth has two motions— its annual motion round the sun,... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - English language - 1895 - 452 pages
...have to make an allowance for a dip of this extent in order to keep the water at a uniform level. (7) The shadow which the earth casts on the moon during an eclipse is always circular. (8) And lastly, the earth belonging to a system or brotherhood [sic], the other... | |
 | Elias J. MacEwan - Debates and debating - 1898 - 440 pages
...allowance for a dip of about eight inches a mile in order to keep the water at a uniform level. (7) The shadow which the earth casts on the moon during an eclipse is always circular. (8) The earth belonging to a system, the other members of which are globular, the... | |
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... engineers in cutting canals have to make an allowance for a dip of this extent in order to keep the water at a uniform level. 7. The shadow which the earth casts on the moon during an eclipse is always circular. 8. And lastly, the earth belonging... 