 | Jedidiah Morse - 1818 - عدد الصفحات: 384
...terrestrial sphere, into two equal parts. Small circles divide the sphere into two unequal parts. , An imaginary line passing through the centre of the earth, from north to south, and on which its diurnal rotation is performed, is called the Axts of the earth. The extreme points... | |
 | Jacob Willetts - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 220
...is called the northern hemisphere, the south part, the southern hemisphere. The axis of the earth is an imaginary line, passing through the centre of the earth from north to south. The northern extremity of the earth, is called the north pole, and the southern, the south polo. ^*T)ie... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 366
...produced by the snow which covers its sides and summit. JVbrth Pole, the north end of the axis, or imaginary line, passing through the centre of the earth, from North to South, and on which the earth is supposed to turn. The ends of this imaginary line or axis, are called the... | |
 | Jacob Willetts - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 192
...occasion t A. Day and night. ft. Which way does the earth turn on its axis t A. From west to east. ft. What is the axis of the earth? A. An imaginary line...through the centre of the earth from north to south. Which way from us is north? Which way is east ? Which way ia south? Which way is west ? Which way is... | |
 | Charles Joseph Riches - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 64
...Sagittarius, the archer — Capricornus, the goat — Aquarius, the water-bearer — Pisces, the fishes. Q. What is the axis of the earth ? A. An imaginary line passing through its centre, upon which it is supposed to turn, and about which all the heavenly bodies appear to have... | |
 | David Harrison Pierson - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 194
...West to East. Q. How rapidly does it move round the sun? A. More than a thousand miles every- minute. Q. What is the Axis of the earth ? •'• -•) A- An imaginary line passing through its centre from North to South. Q. What are the Poles of the earth ? A. The ends of the axis. Q. How... | |
 | James Monteith - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 188
...revolve around the Sun ? A. 365| days. Q. What other motion has the Earth ? A. A Revolution on its Axis. Q. What is the Axis of the Earth ? A. An imaginary line on which it turns. Q. What are the ends of the Axis called ? A. One is called the North Pole, and the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1855 - عدد الصفحات: 136
...called a sphere, or spherical body. 1039. What is meant by the axis of the earth? Answer. A straight line passing through the centre of the earth, from north to south, is called the axis of the earth ; and the extremities of the axis are called the poles of the earth.... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 174
...distance around it 41. What is meant by the Diameter of the earth? A. The distance through its centre. 42 What is the Axis of the earth ? A. An imaginary line passing through its centre, north and south. 43. What are the Poles of the earth? A. The ends of the axis. The North... | |
 | J. J. Hooke - 1867 - عدد الصفحات: 280
...marked therein. What are the north and south poles ? The extreme ends of the earth's axis, which is an imaginary line passing through the centre of the earth from north to south, and on which it is said to turn. What is the equator ? An imaginary line passing round the middle of... | |
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Q. What is the axis of the earth ? A. An imaginary line passing through the centre of the earth from north to south, the extreme points of which are called the poles. 
