Mathematical geography - Early works to 1800
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A system of geography; or, a dissertation on the creation and various ph�nomena of the terraqueous globe: As it Consists of Subterraneous Caverns, Subterraneous Waters, Mountains, Vallies, Plains, and Rocks. With an Hypothesis concerning their Causes. A Description of All the Empires, Kingdoms, &c. of the World. Exhibiting Their Boundaries, Situation, Division, Subdivision, Square Miles, Antient Geography, Chief Towns in each Division, Distance & Bearing from the Capital, Climate, Government, Remarkable Laws, Policy, Trade, Revenues, Forces, Curiosities, Persons of the Inhabitants, Character, Religion, Customs, Ceremonies. With Extracts of Antient and Modern History, and of some of the most celebrated Voyages and Travels, interspersed throughout the Whole. To which is prefixed, an introduction to those parts of the mathematics, necessary to a thorough knowledge of the subject of geography; viz. Algebra, Geometry, Plain Trigonometry, The Use of the Globes, Projection of the Sobere, Spherical Trigonometry, Geometrical and Physical Astronomy, great Variety of Geographical and Astronomical Problems, the Construction of Maps; Digested into Definitions, Problems, and Theorems, and fully demonstrated. By Joseph Randall
Joseph RandallDate: MDCCXLIV. [1744]- E-books
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The mathematical principles of geography . Containing, I. An account of the various properties and affections of the earth and sea; with a description of the several parts thereof. And a table of the latitude and longitude of places. II. The use of the artificial or terrestrial globe, in solving problems. III. The principles of spherical and spheroidical sailing; with the solution of the several cases in numbers, by the common tables, according to the spheroidical figure of the earth.
Emerson, William, 1701-1782.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]