Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 1687 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 65–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... three journies would be the most important , the easiest to execute , and that in * The word Real indicates a place where mines are worked . which the chronometer would be exposed to the smallest changes vi GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
... three journies would be the most important , the easiest to execute , and that in * The word Real indicates a place where mines are worked . which the chronometer would be exposed to the smallest changes vi GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
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... indicated easily af- ford , although the observer should not possess a very extraordinary ability , a certainty of 20 se- conds * for the latitude , and of a third of a minute * One of our most celebrated astronomers observes with truth ...
... indicated easily af- ford , although the observer should not possess a very extraordinary ability , a certainty of 20 se- conds * for the latitude , and of a third of a minute * One of our most celebrated astronomers observes with truth ...
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... indicated the means , apparently the most proper , for speedily completing the maps of the kingdom of New Spain , I shall give a succinct ana- lysis of the materials employed by me in the geo- graphical work which I offer to the public ...
... indicated the means , apparently the most proper , for speedily completing the maps of the kingdom of New Spain , I shall give a succinct ana- lysis of the materials employed by me in the geo- graphical work which I offer to the public ...
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... indicate are computed to the west of the meridian of the Imperial Observatory at Paris . If the great body of the public were not averse to even the most useful innovations , I should have preferred , to the meridian of Paris , the ...
... indicate are computed to the west of the meridian of the Imperial Observatory at Paris . If the great body of the public were not averse to even the most useful innovations , I should have preferred , to the meridian of Paris , the ...
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... indicates the nature of the observation and the name of the observer . The number of these points amounts to 74 , of which 50 are situated in the interior of the country . Of this latter class there were only fifteen known before my ...
... indicates the nature of the observation and the name of the observer . The number of these points amounts to 74 , of which 50 are situated in the interior of the country . Of this latter class there were only fifteen known before my ...
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