Excerpt from The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of AmericaThe earth is miles in circumference and by turning on its axis once in twenty-four hours from weft to call, caules a continual fuccefiion of day and night, according as either fide is turned to or from the fun and occafions an apparent motion of the fun and heavenly bodies from eal'c to well. This is called the earth's dzurmzl, or daily motion, by which the inhabitants on the equator are carried 1040 miles every hour.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.