660 / 1042
E
o
G
R
fluwly I'<luo,1b'lwixt you r e)'c anJ
th~
ILtrry heal'en,
'uOlil
)'OU
ñoJ it cms . "y two known
JlM!
at once. l'hto
gUtQing at the hour of Ibe oigill, turo the globe uOlil
th~
iodex poiots lO tbdl lime io the hour eirele
i
which donc,
IAY lhe graJumd edge 01' Ihe quaJraot oler ao)' one of
th& 111'0
(lus
00
Ihe globe, which lhe lhre.d cm in lhe
heHen.
lf
lhe fai,! edgc of lhe 'Iu.,dranl eUlS lhe mher
llar alfo, you haYt guefitrl lhe lime exaétly
i
bUl ifil does
oot, turo the
~Iobe
nOIVI)' back lVards or forwarJs, unlil
Ihe quadraot (kept upoo eilher llar) CUlS Ihem uOlh
through their ccn!reS: and lheo, lile indcl<
mil
poin!
OUl the exaa lime of lhe oighl; lhe Jegrte of the hori·
zon, CUI by lhe quadran!, lVill be lhe \rue azimulh of
hoth lhefe flm from lhe fOUlh ; aod lhe
11m
lheOlfel, es
will CUt lheir true
ahitud~
io the quadraot. At whieh
momeot, if a COOlOlon azimudl.compafs be fo fet upon a
1I00r or level pal'emcnt, lhal lheft (1"5 in
lh~
heaven
may have tbe fame bm ing upon il (allowiog for lhe va·
rialion of the needle) as lhe quadr-dnl of allilude bas io
the woodeo horizon of the globe, a lhread eXlended o·
Ter Ihe nonh and 10Ulh poiOls of Ihal COmpal! will be di·
retlly in Ihe plane of Ihe meridiao: and if a lioe be
drawn upoo Ihe Roor or pavemem, along lhe courfe of
Ihe tbread , aod ao upright wire be placeJ io lhe roulh·
11)0(1 end of lhe line, the filadow of Ihe wire lI'ill fall up'
00
that lioe, wheo Ihe fuo is 00 Ihe meridian, aod !hines
upon the pavemenr.
PROB o
¡X.
r.
jind Ih. place o[ lh. lIIoon, or
of
any
p/aml ; and Ihutby lojht'W Ibt lill/t o[ ilI riJi1g, fou lh.
ing, and¡'lIillg.-Seek
io Parker's or Weaver's ephe·
meris lhe geocenlric
pl.ceof Ihe moon or plaoel in Ihe
rcliptic, for the giveo day of Ihe moolh; and, according
10 ils 10ngilUde and lalilude, as nlewo by lhe ephemeris,
mark the fame widl a chalk upon lhe globe. Then, ha-
A
p
H
Y.
vin~
reélificd lhe glllbe, luro il rOllnd its axis
Wt(l wa,¿',
anJ as Ihe
e.idnl.lrk comes
10
liJe e.llcrn fiJe of lile ha:
rizon,
10
Ihe 1",lfen mcricli.l1l, and
10
Ihe wellern lide of
Ihe horizon, lh<
inJ~x
w"l Ule" al whal time the planet
rifes, com.s to lhe meridian, and fels, io lhe fame man–
ner as il
wo~ld
Jo for a lixed Har.
For an explanation ur Ihe harvdl mcoos by a globe, fee
ASTRONOMY, p. 463.
For Ih. dercription and ufe of a planetary globe, fee
ASTRoNoMv, p, 498.
For lhe equalton of lime, fee ASTRONOMY, p. 45S.
HAY tN G lhus exploined lhe ufe of Ihe globes, and
general principies of geography, we mufl refer tO Ihe
maps for lhe fiwalioo 01' each particular counlry, wilb
regard lO longi lude, latilude,
&c.
The ufe of maps is
o!,vious from lheir conllrutlioo. T he degrees of Ihe
meridian, and parallels, Ihew lhe 100gilUdes aod lalilUdts
of placts ; and lhe rcale of miles annexed, Iheir c!iflaoces,
The filuation of places, widl regard tO each olher, as
well as Ihe cardioal points, appears
hy
infpeélion; the
10p of lhe map being always the
n.rlh,
lhe botlom the
fou/h ,
the righl.hand Ihe
eajl,
and the lert the
'Wtjl,
un–
Itfs the comp,lfs ufually aonexed !hew Ihe conmry,
The brevity, \Vhich we are neeelfarily obliged tO ob·
ferve, prevenls us (rom laking any nOlice of maoy part;"
culm, which are lO be fouod in large !realifes on this
fubjeél. A general aceount of counuies, cilies, riven,
mounlains,
&c.
is given under lheir rerpetlive oames,
as lhey occur in lhe orcler of Ihe alphabet. We Ihall
therefore conclude Ihis aniele w;lh the following table,
which will ferve tO give an idea of the geoeral divifioo of
the habitable eanh; aod al lhe fame time ferve to ex–
plaio Ihe maps in Plale5 87, 88. 89. 90. 9" and 92,
r he Di'Uifioll of lbe
Habitabl~
Eartb, tbe fqunre Mi/e¡ of eaeIJ Di'U!(¡o/1 alld SII.bdi'Uifion, Capital
wtie!, wit? ¡be
Diflm¡c~
alld
B~aring
of ead) from LOI/(IO/1 ¡alfo tbe r ime of
each
COl/l/try
eompaml 1uitb tbat of Englalld,
~
I.
EUROPE
2,749,349 I
.
Tlli
terraqueons globe is dividcd ioto
I¡I¡I'
AAS lA
10,2 57 " S7
1
'
HtC.~
8,5°6,208
¡v.
A~IER I CA
9,t 53>7 62 Square . miles, 60 miles
in,
H.bitable eanh
-;:666,8;;6
I
lenglh to a degree,
Seas, aod unkoown parts
IJ
7,843,811
Superficies of Ihe whole globe 148,5 10,627
J
Divifioo
a~d
fubdiviGoo,
Square
Capilal cities,
Oilbnce "nd beu-
DiJ!'. of time
miles.
iDC:
(rom
Londoo.
fromLoodoo.
--'---
-----
l. E U
ROPE,
"H.M,
L
Sp~in
15°,243
Madrid
690 S
0 16 W
2, Porlugal
2
í
,851
LiJbon
840 S W ° 38 W
3. Franu
1,8,837
Paril
203
E'
° 9
E
4.
Ita"
• A degree of loogitude being 4minutes in time, therefore by having the fongitude we have the time, A watch
that is fet to lime at London would he 16 minutestoo fan al Madrid, as it lies to Ihe IVen of the meridiao at London:
and Vienna bcing 16 degrm and 10 minutes lo the ean of the meridiao of London, coofC'\!Icntly a watch (el
al
LondOll
"ould be
1
hour ao'd
S
tnin~t~
loo now al Vitnna.