 It is a fact, not a little interesting to Englishmen, and, combined with our insular station in that great highway of nations, the Atlantic, not a little explanatory of our commercial eminence, that London* occupies nearly the centre of the terrestrial...  Adams's pocket London guide book - Page 21by Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1851 - 241 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...hemispheres, that one shall contain nearly all the land; the other being almost entirely sea. It is a fact, not a little interesting to Englishmen, and, combined with our insular station in that great highway of nations, the Atlantic, not a little explanatory of our commercial... | |
 | 1837 - 558 pages
...and PORT of LONDON. By JAMKS ELHES, Surveyor of the Port. Imp. folio, fine Plates, jgl. Is. " It is a fact not a little interesting to Englishmen, and combined with our insular station in that great highway of nations, the Atlantic, not a little explanatory of our commercial... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pages
...and PORT of LONDON. By JAMES ELMES, Surveyor of the Port. Imp. folio, fine Plates, jgl. Is. " It is a fact not a little interesting to Englishmen, and combined with our insular station in that great highway of nations, the Atlantic, not a little explanatory of our commercial... | |
 | John Lee COMSTOCK (and HOBLYN (Richard Dennis)), John Lee COMSTOCK - 1846 - 506 pages
...hemispheres, that one shall contain nearly alt the land, the other being almost entirely sea. It is a fact, not a little interesting to Englishmen, and, combined with our insular station in that great highway of nations, the Atlantic, not a little explanatory of our commercial... | |
 | 1849 - 510 pages
...are considering solely the merits of the " Outlines of Astronomy." On page 172 we read that " it is a fact not a little interesting to Englishmen, and, combined with our insular station in that great highway of nations, the Atlantic, not a little explanatory of our commercial... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1849 - 672 pages
...hemispheres, that one shall contain nearly all the land; the other being almost entirely sea. It is a fact, not a little interesting to Englishmen, and, combined with our insular station in that great highway of nations, the Atlantic, not a little explanatory of our commercial... | |
 | 1858 - 682 pages
...1838. In this curious projection London is made the centre: and as Sir John Hnrschel observes, " It is a fact not a little interesting to Englishmen, and, combined with our insular station in that great highway of nations, the Atlantic, not a little explanatory of our commercial... | |
 | Benjamin Apthorp Gould - 1849 - 44 pages
...are considering solely the merits of the " Outlines of Astronomy." On page 172 we read that " it is a fact not a little interesting to Englishmen, and, combined with our insular station in that great highway of nations, the Atlantic, not a little explanatory of our commercial... | |
 | George Frederick Cruchley - 1851 - 372 pages
...any other place of equal political importance in the same period. A popular writer observes : " It is a fact not a little interesting to Englishmen, and,...insular situation in that great highway of nations, the Atlantic, not a little explanatory of our commercial eminence, that, London occupies nearly the... | |
 | G. F. Cruchley - 1851 - 372 pages
...any other place of equal political importance in the same period. A popular writer observes: " It is a fact not a little interesting to Englishmen, and,...insular situation in that great highway of nations, the Atlantic, not a little explanatory of our commercial eminence, that, London occupies nearly the... | |
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