EAR 

 . TABLE of the eilipticities of the earth. 



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Upon the whole, the ellipticity probably lies between -^ and -^. 

 But Captain Sabine, from some very recent experiments on the length 

 of the Pendulum (see Pendulum), states the ellipticity at . For 



Tables of Degrees of Latitude and Longitude, see Degree. 

 EARTH'S Surface, extent of.(Encyc. Britt. Supplt.) 

 The extent of the four great divisions of the world is as follows : 



The ocean, with all its inland bays and seas, covers an area of 



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 145,600,000 square miles, or nearly of the surface of the globe. About 



j5 of the great body of waters lie in the southern hemisphere ; and ~- 



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