Excerpt from A New System of Modern Geography, or a General Description of the Most Remarkable Countries Throughout the Known World: Their Respective Situations, Extent, Divisions, Cities, Rivers, Mountains, Soils, and Productions; Their Commerce, Manners, Customs, Laws, and Religion; Compiled From the Most Modern Systems of Geography, and the Latest Voyages and Travels By dividing the circumference of a planet's orbit by the number of hours contained in his periodical revolution round his orbit, e obtain the number of miles that a planet moves in an hour: by this rule Mercury revolves at the rate of 10369971356. Miles per hour. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

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