The Franklin Globe Manual

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656261277
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book The Franklin Globe Manual written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Franklin Globe Manual: An Aid to the Study of Geography and Astronomy With the Use of Artificial Globes The publishers having been frequently requested to furnish a work which should aid both the teacher and the student in the use of Artificial Globes, have prepared the following pages. As most of the works on the Use of the Globes are too voluminous and scientific to meet the need of many schools, the present has been made as small as is consistent with a clear presentation of the subject. While much that is foreign to the design - though given by other authors - has been excluded, it is believed that all necessary information has been retained. Without severe and patient study - not of books alone, but also of the heavens them selves - none can become Astronomers. Yet no one should be wholly ignorant of that system to which our earth belongs, and of the simple laws which govern it. Still more important is it that correct ideas, in regard to the shape, size, and relative position of the various natural and political divisions of the earth's surface, should be entertained. The study of Geography, with no other aid than that afforded by the Map, usually results in confused impressions of relative positions; for as the representations of the Earth's surface are all made upon planes, the continents, islands, &c., seem dis torted, and their relative positions and distances changed. For example: A student may remember the Map of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, and may have a tolerably correct idea of the situation of England with respect to France; but he must pause awhile, and, in imagination, join the two Hemispheres before he can determine its position in reference to New York. And still more difficult will it be for him to gain a correct idea of the voyage from China, across the Pacific, to our Western shores; for after following the Eastern course to the right-hand edge of the Eastern Hemisphere, he must apparently go backward to the left-hand edge of the Map of the Western Hemisphere, and then begin his easterly voyage again. The Globe represents the countries, oceans, &c., as actually situated upon the earth, thus destroying many of the sources of error which are found in the use of Maps alone, and becoming the most useful and powerful ally of the teacher of Geography. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.