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tributed over the surface of our globe. If we erect a perpendicular 
from a point situated one thousand miles to the northeast of New 
Zealand and view the Earth from a distance in this direction, we 
shall find that very little land will be visible, while the outline of 
the Pacific will approach the form of a circle. 
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Figure 1 is a map of the globe on zenithal projection, where the 
radii are proportional to the actual distances represented. ‘There 1s 
no distortion, therefore, in the radial direction, and the exact shape 
of the Pacific with regard to a great circle is clearly shown. The 
inner circle represents the circumference of the globe, and is there- 
