Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 1687 էջ |
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... less acquainted . We see the human race before us in every stage of civilization , from the refinement and enterprize of the inha- bitants of the west of Europe , down to the . stupid savage of New Holland or the Terra del a 2.
... less acquainted . We see the human race before us in every stage of civilization , from the refinement and enterprize of the inha- bitants of the west of Europe , down to the . stupid savage of New Holland or the Terra del a 2.
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... less importance to unite to these purely astronomical means such other means as are furnished by the nature of the coun- try and the great elevation of its insulated sum- mits . When we know exactly the absolute height of these summits ...
... less importance to unite to these purely astronomical means such other means as are furnished by the nature of the coun- try and the great elevation of its insulated sum- mits . When we know exactly the absolute height of these summits ...
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... less than an arc of two minutes . It is satisfactory to find so great a harmony among ob- servers , who , unknown to one another , employed such different methods . In the very minute maps of Thomas Jeffereys , published in 1794 ...
... less than an arc of two minutes . It is satisfactory to find so great a harmony among ob- servers , who , unknown to one another , employed such different methods . In the very minute maps of Thomas Jeffereys , published in 1794 ...
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... less observations can give no certainty ; particularly as the two Mexican geometricians above cited , Rodriguez and Seguenza , were not themselves in a condition to obtain these results . They knew so little of the difference of ...
... less observations can give no certainty ; particularly as the two Mexican geometricians above cited , Rodriguez and Seguenza , were not themselves in a condition to obtain these results . They knew so little of the difference of ...
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... less exact , though more conformable to the ma- nuscripts left by these navigators in Mexico . They themselves deduced , from eight series of lunar dis- tances , 102 ° 26 ' ; from an immersion of the first satellite , 102 ° 20 ′ 40 ...
... less exact , though more conformable to the ma- nuscripts left by these navigators in Mexico . They themselves deduced , from eight series of lunar dis- tances , 102 ° 26 ' ; from an immersion of the first satellite , 102 ° 20 ′ 40 ...
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Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections ..., Հատոր 1 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1822 |
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