 | American Institute of Instruction - Education - 1831 - 380 pages
...simultaneously or subse quently directed. iar illustration the meaning of a map, and inform him that the top is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. Let him find on the map the town or the village, where he resides, and observe carefully its shape.... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - Education - 1831 - 416 pages
...simultaneously or subse quently directed. iar illustration the meaning of a map, and inform him that the top is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. Let him find on the map the town or the village, where he resides, and observe carefully its shape,... | |
 | 1834 - 444 pages
...without looking at the names below. They must bear in mind, that generally the top of the map is the north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. There is usually a little figure of a compass with something like an arrow pointing to the north. In... | |
 | William Channing Woodbridge - Geography - 1836 - 544 pages
...on our left, north before us, and south behind us. 53. On a map or chart, the upper part is always north — the bottom, south, — the right hand, east — and the left hand, west, as represented in the following figure. (5.) Points of the Compass. 54. The course of a river is that... | |
 | Thomas St. Clair Macdougal - 1835 - 172 pages
...tract of land, containing many countries, not separated by water. 1 The top of a Map is towards the North, the bottom South, the right hand East, and the left hand West I! Q. How many continents are there ? A. Two; the eastern continent, -» Europe, Asia, or old world,... | |
 | S. H. Archer - Geography - 1835 - 92 pages
...of course cannot be more than 90°, and is always reckoned from the equator. The top of the map is North, the bottom South, the right hand East, and the left hand West. The lines that are drawn from pole to pole, or from the top to the hottom of the map, are called Meridians... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Geography - 1836 - 286 pages
...of such pictures as the foregoing will always be North, South, East and West ? 108. The top will be North, the bottom South, the right hand East, and the left hand West. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS On the foregoing picture of " Land and Water." Q. What ocean is North of America... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Geography - 1839 - 278 pages
...of such pictures as the foregoing will always be North, South, East and West ? 108. The top will be North, the bottom South, the right hand East, and the left hand West. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS On the foregoing picture of " Land and Water." Q. What ocean is North of America... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1840 - 132 pages
...earth, or of a part of it, on a flat surface. The top of a map, unless where otherwise expressed, is north; the bottom, south; the right hand, east; and the left hand, west. In a map of the world longitude is marked on the Equator, and latitude on the circles that contain... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1841 - 516 pages
...will admit, and consequently to exclude every thing foreign to the object in view. The top of a map is considered as north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. Measure. The English statute mile consists of 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 8 furlongs. The Russian worst... | |
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Let his attention first be directed to the map, and inform him that the top is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. 
