The geography of the heavens, and class book of astronomy: (1849)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857. [from old catalog] · New York, Huntington & Savage · leaf 203
y is it importmt, in an astronomical iew, to be acqiuiinti-d with th«figure, dimensions, and motions of the Earth ? Mention some of the proofs of the con-vexity of its surface ? THE EARTH. 199 which they are leaving. Now these phenomena are evi-dently caused by the convexity of the water which is… … Again: navigators have sailed quite around the Earth,and thus proved its convexity. Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese, was the first who carried this enterpriseInto execution. He embarked from Seville, in Spain, and directed his coursetowards the west. After along voyage, he descried the continent…
Constellations · Stars
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