The geography of the heavens, and class book of astronomy: (1853)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868, Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857. [from old catalog] · New York, F. J. Huntington [etc.] · leaf 207
ted one degree towards the pole star, till at length, ashe crossed the equator, the North star would sink below thehorizon, and become invisible. Whence we derive the gene-ral rule, that the altitude of one pole, or the depression of tlieother, at any place on the EarMs surface, is equal to… … 202 THE EARTH. Were the Earth a cube, as shown at A, or in the form ofa prism, as represented at B, her shadow would be moreor less cubical or prismatic, as seen in the cut; but insteadof* this, it is convex on all sides, as represented at C, plainlyindicating the convexity of the Earth by which it…
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