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A Briefe Introduction to Geography by William Pemble
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|set at 90 Degrees+---------+-----------+ neere together, and the |
|where the | 4 | 78 20 | vncertainty of |
|artificiall day +---------+-----------+ observation no |
|is sixe Months. | 5 | 84 0 | speciall places haue beene |
| +---------+-----------+ assigned as to the other. |
| | 6 | 90 0 | |
+-----------------+---------+-----------+-----------------------------+

1 The vse of this table is easie. In the first Culumne are
contained the names and number of the Climats. In the second the
Paralells which enclose it on each side, and deuide it in the
middest. For the paralells here are drawne by euery halfe houres
encrease.

The third Columne is the length of the Day in Summer, in euery
Climate, which from 12. houres encreaseth by halfe houres to 24.
houres after by moneths, from one moneth to sixe.

The fourth containes the degrees of latitude, how farre euery
climate lies from the Æquinoctiall.

The fift contaynes the space or breadth of euery Climate, how
many degrees or minutes it takes vp vpon the Earth.

The sixt containes some notable places by which the Climats
passe.

2 Hereby it is easie to know what the longest Day is in any Place
of the worlde whose latitude is knowne. Or contrarily the longest
Day being knowne to know the latitude. For example Oxford hath
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