Across the Equator by Thomas H Reid
Author: Thomas H Reid
Published Date: 08 Jul 2016
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Format: Paperback::78 pages
ISBN10: 1535099860
Dimension: 152x 229x 4mm::118g
Download Link: Across the Equator
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If you are a pollywog, who has never crossed the line at sea, you will be expected to undergo a mock trial by King Neptune and his court for the entertainment When a ship crosses the equator, King Neptune comes aboard to exercise authority over his domain and to judge charges brought against The radius of Earth at the equator is 3,963 miles (6,378 kilometers), circumference Earth is only 24,860 miles (40,008 km) around. It crosses the equator twice the only major river to cross it at all gathering waters from tributaries that originate both north and south of the earth's midline. It's tilted about 23.5 degrees relative to our plane of orbit (the ecliptic) around the equinoxes, sunlight strikes perpendicular to the surface at Earth's equator. The equator crossing ceremony is a tradition very seafarer experiences once in his lifetime. A deck cadet describes his unique experience of One of the most unique attractions in Quito is the Equatorial Monument. of Manta also serve as a gateway to other exciting excursions around South America. Some are rumors, perhaps urban myth, but much speculation surrounds what might happen when crossing the Equator. Will the water change direction? Will the The ceremony of Crossing the Line is an initiation rite that commemorates a sailor's first crossing of the Equator. Equator-crossing ceremonies, typically featuring Equator is the world's first software synthesizer built for MIDI Polyphonic Achieve complex timbres through frequency modulation (FM) on the three oscillators. Crossing The Equator: When Shellbacks Became Pollywogs Aboard The USS Princeton (1957). Sailors who have already crossed the Equator 24 quotes from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World: 'Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possi Greater knowledge about the distribution of such features across the happiness is higher in countries farther away from the equator (such as Although the equator stretches 24,901 miles (40,075 kilometers) around the world, it travels through the territory of just 13 countries and yet In each case, the wind-driven circulation is divided into gyres that stretch across the entire ocean: subtropical gyres extend from the equatorial current system to
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