 | Jacob Willetts - Geography - 1841 - 192 pages
...extremity, the south pole. ft. What is the top, bottom, &c., of a map called 1 A. The top of a map is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. d. How may we always know which way is east, and which way is west 1 A. The sun rises in the east,... | |
 | John Guy (schoolmaster.) - 1848 - 150 pages
...earth, or a part of it, on a plain surface. 9. If not otherwise expressed, the top of the map is always north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. 10. A hem'-i-sphere is the half of a globe. If an orange be cut equally in two, each part will be a... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - Geography - 1853 - 354 pages
...into a book, called ? A. An Atlas. 167. In what way are maps usually drawn ? A. The top of the map is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. 168. What is meant by North, South, East, and West? A. They are the four cardinal or principal points... | |
 | Thomas Turner Tate - Physics - 1855 - 442 pages
...in other words, W. E is perpendicular to NS T. Describe the cardinal points in a map. P. The top is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. T. What will be the direction of your shadow when you go home to-night, supposing the sun to be shining... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1856 - 1016 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 lea hand west. • Measure. The English statute mile consists of 5,280 feet, 1 ,760 yards, or 8 furlongs.... | |
 | George William Fitch - Geography - 1857 - 104 pages
...in our lesson about maps. What did you learn of them ? That toward the top of the map represents the North; the bottom, South ; the right hand, East; and the left hand, West. What are North, South, East, and West called ? The Cardinal Points. If you were asked to point toward... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - Ethnicity - 1860 - 360 pages
...into a book, called ? A. An Atlas. 167. In what way are maps usually drawn ? A. The top of the map is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. 168. What is meant by North, South, East, and West? A. They are the four cardinal or principal points... | |
 | Scottish School Book Association (Edinburgh), Elements - Geography - 1872 - 184 pages
...earth, or of a part of it, on a flat surface. The top of a map, unless when otherwise expressed, is North; the bottom, South; the right hand, East ; and the left hand, West. In a map of the world, longitnde is marked on the Equator, and latitnde on the circles that contain... | |
 | 1876 - 782 pages
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 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1879 - 348 pages
...into a book, called ? A. An Atlas. 167. In what way are maps usually drawn ? A. The top of the map is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. x"i68. What is meant by North, South, East, and West ? A. They are the four cardinal or principal points... | |
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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. 
