The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-01-25


VIZ. I'reston, Harrisburg, Uoiun- +
bus, Indianapolis. Springfield, Den /
yer and great Salt Lake city.
And thus we might determine /
thelatitade Of any place, the only /
requirement being that We shall /
knew its relative position from the /
prominent points which We select 4
In this simple ealealation We have
taken only two known points, and
deduced the rest
when we wish to compare the /
United States with other countries,
we are greatly assisted by remem
bering this fact, that the Atlantic
shores Of the Eastern and Western
Continents look as If at some period
they had been torn asunder by some
great terrestrial eonvulsion; for, if
they. could be taken up and placed
together. these opposite shores
/ would almost sraeaIy ~ info eqe1
Otter; J. Z. the projections of land
+ on ore side would fit the excava-
tons made by the water on the 9TH
er. For instance, the immense
cape formed by Brazil would just
fit the scoop made By the Gulf Of
Guinea in the opposite shore Of
Africa, while the Northwest projec-
ton of Africa would I'll the recess
Of the Caribbean Sen and Gulf of
Mexico; Spain would occupy the
hollow south Of Newfoundland,
! while Newfoundland would ali the
recess north of Spain; and Labra-
dor, pushing the British isles in
their proper place, would occupy
their site; and this REIMBURSEMENT
would bring our Land Of Dixie
full against the classic sea, Then,
having placed the countries togeth-
er, we are enabled more easily TO
to compare corresponding places
and cities; for instance, our central
city, Washington, has the latitude
of Athens in Greece: New York is
on the parallel with Madrid, Con
stantinople, etc; lwhile Paris, IL
sunny France, and Vienna have tn,
same latitude with that cold anc
sterile island, Newfoundland ant
Z so Berlin, London, Liverpool, Dub
lin, Copenhagen and Edinburg, witt
their temperate climates, are within
{ parallels which ineluoe the barren
! snow-clad Labrador; while ST. Pc
: tershnrg. a city foH Of all the refine
mcats of civilization, is faEthe
Q north of New York than the City 0
3 NIexico is south of it. Our south
7 city New Orleans has the latitude 0
: Cairo, Egypt, and now folIowini
6 the parallels % and 40 degree.
" between which our Southern State
q lie, and we see that they embrac
9 the most favored countries q
y earth, both with respect to climat
: and productions-such as Greco
z with its archipelago, Southern Ite
Il Is and Spain, the land Of Goshen i
" Egypt and in Asia the Promise
y Land, The Vale Of Cashmere, the va
9 leys of the Hoang-ho, azd the Yang
a. tse-kiang, where lie the great city {
y Pekin and the choicest parts {
q China and Japan,
e In learning latitude there al
s many isolated facts which stfik
- the memory and are not easil
le forgotten, if once learned; tor il
8 stance, Quito is on the Equato.
~ Havahah on the tropic Of Cameo
r. the parallel So degrees and 80 mil
ID utes, which bounds Virginia on Il
OF south, is the northern division lii
% for the other Southern States. ct
~ Tits evident, as stated above, Ia
Pf before we can apply this method
20 learning latitude, We must know Il
re relative position and direction
OF places from the points which we S
~ leot; but this is easily and almo
We uneonst iuusly Impressed upon &
OF minds Of scholers who make I
as right kind of progress in this bea
M tiful study. Indeed, it is necessa
pc to the intelligent study of geogr
II raphy at all. In fixing these loo
ieF tons Ia the mind, The pupil
he greatly assisted by maP-drawil
de and by the use of outline maps Ia
PIC ing uosnames given These. Impa
ut an interest and impulse which c
or be excited by no other means.
~ what has been said Of latitu
is, in the main, applicable to lon
tudc.
10 What we deem essential, then,
Se teaching longitude and latitude,
as IN the main applicable to longitut
see What we deem essenti1 then,
.en teaching longitude and latitude,
le; simply this: - the piece Of CO.
Is hitting to memory so many q
m sesaet humbers, We fix in our min
rse while studying the maps the beariF
No OF all places from those which
~ select to reckon from' instead
ne committing numbers we commit
rY cations; and in doing this, {
80 mind has something tangible
.ay deal with and can more easily p
st form its task.
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