A Geographical Hand Book

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Excerpt from A Geographical Hand Book: Or, a Description of the Different Countries, With Their Several, Sub-Divisions Into Provinces, Cantons or States, As Also, a Concise Outline of the Principal Cities, Towns and VillagesThe earth has a diameter of about and a circumfer ence of miles. Its area contains square miles. If we compare the earth with the moon, the earth is fifty times larger, consequently fifty moons could be formed from the earth. But, when compared with the sun, the earth is one and a half million times smaller, consequently one and a half million terrestrial globes could be formed from the sun.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.