An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.

They were unenlightened by science, and unacquainted with that religion) which enjoins men to do unto others as they would that others should do unto them.

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Page 85 Elevate the pole according to the latitude of the given place, and bring the first degree of Cancer to the brass meridian... Appears in 29 books from 1702-1877

Page 84 In regard to this extensive section," says Major Long, " we do not hesitate in giving the opinion that it is almost wholly unfit for cultivation; and of course uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for their subsistence. Appears in 22 books from 1827-2007

Page 85 PROBLEM X. — To find the Length of the Day and Night at any time of the Year. Appears in 43 books from 1787-1902

Page 59 Jimerica is distinguished for the size of its lakes; which have even been the scenes of naval engagements. Lake Superior is the largest body of fresh water on the globe. The lakes of Nicaragua, in Guatemala, and of Maracaybo, and Titicaca, in South America, are also very large bodies of fresh water. Appears in 23 books from 1826-1980

Page 85 If we bring the first degree of Capricorn to the brass meridian, and proceed in all respects as before, we shall have the length of the longest night and shortest day. Thus, at Delhi, the... Appears in 20 books from 1809-1838

Page 40 Caracalla furnish, poblé specimens of the grandeur and extent of such edifices in ancient Rome. They contained not only baths and an immense basin for swimming, but around them, libraries, rooms for refreshments and halls for exercise, places of amusement and even temples. The baths of Dioclesian cover a great extent of ground, and a single hall now forms a church of considerable size. The baths of Caracalla occupied a square of a quarter of a mile in length and nearly the same in breadth, and its... Appears in 13 books from 1822-1997

Page 81 Zodiac represents that path m the heavens which the sun seems to describe by the earth's annually revolving round it. It is divided into twelve equal parts, called signs, and each sign contains thirty degrees; corresponding to the twelve months of the year, and the days of the month. Appears in 15 books from 1813-1882

Page 88 Solstitial Points are the first points of Cancer and Capricorn, so called because the sun, when he is near either of them, seems to stand still, or to be at the same height in the heavens, at twelve o'clock at noon, for several days together. Appears in 28 books from 1811-1870

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