Ancient Geography, as Connected with Chronology, and Preparatory to the Study of Ancient History ;Oliver D. Cooke & Sons, 1822 - 88 Seiten |
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3d Epocha 5th Epocha Africa Alexandria Ancient Geography ancient maps ancient name Antioch Antiochia Armenia Armenia Minor Asia Minor Assyria Athens Babylon brass meridian bring the sun's built Cæsar Cæsarea called Capernaum Caria celebrated centre chronology Cilicia circles Cisalpine Gaul Colchis Corinth distance divided division draw earth east eastern ecliptic Egypt empire Epirus equator equinoctial Euphrates Euxine extended feet Galilee Gaul Greece Greeks Gulf hemisphere Hyrcania Illyricum inhabitants Ionia island Italy Jerusalem Jupiter king lake Laodicea learned length Macedonia Mediterranean sea meridian miles modern Moesia Mount mountains Mysia night Noricum northern Numidia Olympus parallels of latitude pass Persian Phoenicia Phrygia Pisidia points pole Pontus PROBLEM projection pupil quadrant of altitude river Romans Rome ruins Sarmatia Scythia Sicily situated southern star sun's place supposed Syria temple Thebes thence Thessaly Thrace tribes Troas walls western wooden horizon worshipped
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Seite 4 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Seite 44 - They were unenlightened by science, and unacquainted with that religion, which enjoins men to do unto others as they would that others should do unto them.
Seite 74 - Only double the time of the sun's rising that day, and it gives the length of the night ; double the time of its setting, and it gives the length of the day.
Seite 62 - Mycense a wild bull which had ravaged Crete; 8th, he slew Diomedes, king of Thrace, and his four mares, which he fed on human flesh; 9th, he slew Geryon, the three-bodied king of Gades, and carried away his cattle; 10th, he conquered the Amazons at the river Thermodon; llth, in Africa, he killed the Dragon, that guarded the golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides; 12th, he dragged the three-headed dog Cerberus from Hell. THESEUS slew the terrible Minotaur, a monster kept at Crete, who devoured...
Seite 75 - To find the Length of the longest and shortest Days and Nights in any Part of the World. Elevate the pole according to the latitude of the given place, and bring the first degree of Cancer to the brass meridian (if the given place be in north latitude,) and set the index to twelve; then bring the same degree of Cancer to the east part of the wooden horizon, and the index will show the time of the sun's rising. If the same degree be brought to the western edge, the index will show the setting; which...
Seite 25 - JERUSALEM, &c. bridge more than half a mile in length. At the end of the bridge were two palaces that communicated with each other by a vault built under the channel of the river. Before the bridge and vault could be built, a lake 37 miles square and 35 feet deep, was dug to receive its waters. After this was completed, the river was again permitted to flow in its ancient channel.
Seite 4 - An act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Seite 31 - They contained not only baths and an immense basin for swimming, but around them, libraries, rooms for refreshments and halls for exercise, places of amusement and even temples. The baths of Dioclesian cover a great extent of ground, and a single hall now forms a church of considerable size. The baths of Caracalla occupied a square of a quarter of a mile in length and nearly the same in breadth, and its halls surpass most modern churches in loftiness and size. The specimens of statuary found in these...
Seite 75 - If we bring the first degree of Capricorn to the brass meridian' and proceed in all respects as before, we shall have the length of the longest night and shortest day. Thus, at Delhi, the...
Seite 72 - PROBLEM III.- — To find the difference of latitude or longitude between any two places, Find the latitude or longitude of each on the globe or map, and count the number of degrees from one meridian or parallel to the other. Otherwise, 1. If the latitudes or...