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... . THE EARTH IS ROUND XXXVIII . WHY THE EARTH LOOKS FLAT XXXIX . THE MOTIONS OF THE EARTH • • 76 • · 77 79 · 80 XL . ABOUT THE LINES DRAWN ON GLOBES AND MAPS 82 ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE THE SEA " CARDINAL POINTS " MARINER'S iv CONTENTS .
... . THE EARTH IS ROUND XXXVIII . WHY THE EARTH LOOKS FLAT XXXIX . THE MOTIONS OF THE EARTH • • 76 • · 77 79 · 80 XL . ABOUT THE LINES DRAWN ON GLOBES AND MAPS 82 ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE THE SEA " CARDINAL POINTS " MARINER'S iv CONTENTS .
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... Look about you while standing in the open country . You will see that far away on every side the sky seems to come down and touch the earth . The line where the earth and sky seem to meet is called the horizon . The word horizon means ...
... Look about you while standing in the open country . You will see that far away on every side the sky seems to come down and touch the earth . The line where the earth and sky seem to meet is called the horizon . The word horizon means ...
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... Look at the shadow made by an upright post , such as you see in the picture . At noon every day the shadow will make the same line ; the line will point in the same direction . This direction we call North . Opposite the north - that is ...
... Look at the shadow made by an upright post , such as you see in the picture . At noon every day the shadow will make the same line ; the line will point in the same direction . This direction we call North . Opposite the north - that is ...
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... Look at the page of your book . Let us call the top of the page the North side ; then the bottom will be the South , the right - hand side the East , and the left - hand side the West side . A line drawn from the top to the bottom ...
... Look at the page of your book . Let us call the top of the page the North side ; then the bottom will be the South , the right - hand side the East , and the left - hand side the West side . A line drawn from the top to the bottom ...
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... look at the scale . But what is a scale ? Look at the corner of any good map , and you will see a line divided into a number of equal parts , each of these divisions stands for a certain number of yards , or miles . 7. Suppose one ...
... look at the scale . But what is a scale ? Look at the corner of any good map , and you will see a line divided into a number of equal parts , each of these divisions stands for a certain number of yards , or miles . 7. Suppose one ...
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America Asia bank beach Books brook BULL KING called a continent CASSELL Cassell's School Board Chelmorton climate cloth gilt clouds coast cold covered distance Earl Sterndale earth earth's surface Eastern Hemisphere England equator Europe Extra fcap fcap frigid zones GALPIN Geography gilt edges globe gulfs HARBOUR hollows hundred miles inch Isle of Wight lakes larger piece LESSON Little Folks live look Ludgate Hill mainland masses of land MODERN GEOGRAPHICAL READERS mountains and hills needle NORTH POLE ocean PETTER picture pieces of land plains plants Pole star rain falls rising River Meon rivers rocks round sailors salt sand ships side the east snow sometimes called SOUTH POLE springs stand Stories storm strait streams run sun shines tiny streams torrid zone towns TROPIC OF CANCER Tropic of Capricorn tropics valleys walk West whilst word which means
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