The geography of the heavens, and class-book of astronomy: (1858)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Mason brothers · leaf 194
llan sailed from Seville, in Spain, August 10, 1519, in the ship called the Victory,accompanied by four other vessels. In April, 1521, he was killed in a skirmish with thenatives,*at the island of Sebu, or Zebu, sometimes called Matan, one of the Philippines.One of his vessels, however, arrived at… … 194 ASTRONOMY. contrary to observation. The figure of the Earth is, therefore,spherical. 382. The convexity of the Earth, north and south, is provedby the variation in the altitude of the pole, and of the circum-polar stars ; this is found uniformly to increase as we approachthem, and to dimmish as…
Constellations · Stars
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
