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A new and easy guide to the use of the globes [electronic resource] : and the rudiments of geography...

A new and easy guide to the use of the globes [electronic resource] : and the rudiments of geography...

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A new and easy guide to the use of the globes [electronic resource] : and the rudiments of geography. Wherein The Knowledge of the Heavens and Earth is made easy to the meanest Capacity: First, by giving a concise Account of the Four Quarters of the World, with the Distance and Situation of the principal Islands, and inland Places; and Secondly, by the Solution of upward; of Seventy useful Problems, in Geography, Astronomy, Navigation, and Dialling. In which are inserted four useful tables. I. Shews the Latitude of the principal Places, and their Longitude from the Meridian of London. II. Shews the Number of Miles contained in a Degree of Longitude, at every Degree of Latitude. III. Shews where every Climate ends, with the length of the longest Day at the End of each. IV. Shews the Right Ascension, Declination, Latitude, and Longitude of the most eminent fixed Stars. To the whole are subjoined I. An appendix; Containing a short Account of the Solar System, and of the Comets and Fixed Stars: II. A supplement; Exhibiting a brief View of the Figure and Magnitude of the Earth, of the Nature of the Atmosphere, of the Theory of the Tides, and a concise System of Chronology. By Daniel Fenning.

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A new and easy guide to the use of the globes [electronic resource] : and the rudiments of geography. Wherein The Knowledge of the Heavens and Earth is made easy to the meanest Capacity: First, by giving a concise Account of the Four Quarters of the World, with the Distance and Situation of the principal Islands, and inland Places; and Secondly, by the Solution of upward; of Seventy useful Problems, in Geography, Astronomy, Navigation, and Dialling. In which are inserted four useful tables. I. Shews the Latitude of the principal Places, and their Longitude from the Meridian of London. II. Shews the Number of Miles contained in a Degree of Longitude, at every Degree of Latitude. III. Shews where every Climate ends, with the length of the longest Day at the End of each. IV. Shews the Right Ascension, Declination, Latitude, and Longitude of the most eminent fixed Stars. To the whole are subjoined I. An appendix; Containing a short Account of the Solar System, and of the Comets and Fixed Stars: II. A supplement; Exhibiting a brief View of the Figure and Magnitude of the Earth, of the Nature of the Atmosphere, of the Theory of the Tides, and a concise System of Chronology. By Daniel Fenning.

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Publisher

London : printed for J. Johnson; G. G. and J. Robinson; F. and C. Rivington; G. Wilkie; J. Scatcherd; T. N. Longman; and C. Law, 1798.

Date

1798.

Record Identifier

74VvBNENL2K3

MMS ID

991016498269702626

Language

English

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Physical content

ix,[3],213,[3]p.,plates : maps ; 12°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for J. Johnson; G. G. and J. Robinson; F. and C. Rivington; G. Wilkie; J. Scatcherd; T. N. Longman; and C. Law, 1798.

Edition

The seventh edition. Corrected and improved, by Joseph Moon, ..

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1798.

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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A new and easy guide to the use of the globes [electronic resource] : and the rudiments of geography. Wherein The Knowledge of the Heavens and Earth is made easy to the meanest Capacity: First, by giving a concise Account of the Four Quarters of the World, with the Distance and Situation of the principal Islands, and inland Places; and Secondly, by...

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General note

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

With a final advertisement leaf.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T199289.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VvBNENL2K3

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvBNENL2K3

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MMS ID

991016498269702626