, the description of the world; or the art that teaches the construction, figure, disposition, and relation of all the parts of the world, with the manner of representing them on a plane. It consists chiefly of two parts; viz, Astronomy, which shews the structure of the heavens, with the disposition of the stars; and Geography, which shews those of the earth.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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