A compendium of astronomy; containing the elements of the science, familiarly explained and illustrated, with the latest discoveries. Adapted to the use of schools and academies, and of the general reader (1850)
Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859 · New York, R. B. Collins · leaf 19
a continued plane, then the spectator would see all partsof the ship at the same time, as is represented in the an-nexed figure. Fig. 2. … 7. The foregoing considerations show that the formof the earth is spherical; but more exact determinationsprove, that the earth, though nearly globular, is not ex-actly so ; its diameter from the north to the south poleis about 26 miles less than through the equator, givingto the earth the form of…
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