CeleJUal and 'Terrejlrial Globes. 199

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Os the natural agreement betweenthe celestial and terrestrial spheres;or, How to gain a perfect idea. ofthe situation and distance os allplaces upon the earth, by the funand stars.

280. That part of the firmament, whichis in the zenith of London, is perpendicularto half the globe of the earth; which halfcomprehends almost all the habitable landof Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, withtheir, coasts, capes, land, and seas; sinceunder the other celestial hemisphere, whichwe do not see at the same time, there areonly very inconsiderable lands and istes.

The inhabitants of Great Britain and Ire-land nearly fee the fame half of the firma-ment adorned with stars and planets, whichat all times supply the place of an immensemap of the world; and shew our terrestrialhemisphere by the stars, conveying the cor-O 4 respondent