Allegheny, Pa. *. Alexandria, Egypt. Amherst, Mass. Ann Arbor, Mich. Annapolis, Md.* Antipodes Island Apia, Samoa... Archangel, Russia... Armagh, Ireland*. Aspinwall, S.A.,Lt.. Astoria, Ore....... Athens, Greece* Attu Island, Alaska.. Bahia, Brazil.. Baltimore, Md.. Batavia, Java*. ..12 46 40 N. ..42 39 49 N. ..36 45 3 N. 40 27 42 N. ..31 11 43 N. ..42 22 17 N. .42 16 48 N. ..38 58 54 N. .49 42 0 S. ..13 48 56 S. ..64 32 6 N. .54 21 13 N. H. M. S. 639 41.8 W. 914 20.3 E. 259 55.8 E. 454 59. 2 W. 01211.4 E. 520 2.9 W. 159 26.7 E. 450 4.7 W. 534 55.1 W. 5 556.4 W. 11 54 52. 3 E. 11 26 59.7 E. 2 42 14.0 E. 026 36.0 W. 5 19 39.0 W. 81518.8 W. 134 55.7 E. 11 32 49.6 E. 234 8. 4 W. 626.0 W. 713.7 E. Belize, Honduras. Belle Isle, Lt....... Berlin, Prussia* 922 9 N. ..46 11 19 N. ..37 58 20 N. .52 56 1 N. .13 037 S. .39 17 48 N. 6 740 S. .17 29 20 N. .51 53 0 N. .52 30 17 N. 5 7 Bermuda, Dock Yard...32 19 24 N. Bombay ..18 53 45 N. Bonn, Germany*.. .50 43 45 N. .44 50 17 N. Bordeaux, France*. Boston State House......42 21 28 N. Bridgetown, Barbadoes 13 5 42 N, Calcutta... Callao, Chile, Lt.. Cambridge, Eng. *. Cambridge, Mass. *. Canton, China...... ..50 51 10 N. .34 36 30 S. .22 33 25 N. .12 4 3 S. .52 12 52 N. .42 22 48 N. .23 635 N. Cape Cod, Mass., Lt......42 221 N. Cape May, N. J., Lt......38 55 56 N. 552 46.7 W. 341 29.5 W. 053 34.9 E. 419 18.3 W. 451 15.8 E. 028 23.3 E. 0 2 5.4 W. 4 44 15.3 W. 358 29.3 W. 01728.6 E. 3 53 28.9 W. 553 20.7 E. 5 9 3.0 W. 0 0 22.7 E. 4 44 31.0 W. 7 33 46. 3 E. 4 40 14.6 W. 5 2 5.0 W. 5 4 2.0 W. 429 5.0 W. 459 50.7 W. 113 58.0 E. 11 11 56, 8 W. 51932. 0 W. 41227.5 W. 0 632,5 W. 5 50 26.7 W. 04253.8 E. 537 41.3 W. 5 137.4 W. 519 21.9 E. 156 3.7 E. 05018.9 E. 352 46.0 W. 659 47.6 W. 02522.0 W. 01243.1 W. 813 47.1 W. 433 49.2 W. 15416.0 W. 52551.1 W. 045 1.5 E. 1 735.6 W. 619 9.7 W. 02436.8 E. 01710.6 W. 021 23.3 W. 0 0 0.041421.1 W. 059 53.7 E. 449 7.9 W. 529 26.0 W. 949 20.5 E. 736 41.9 E. 1031 28. 0 W. 52712.3 W. 5 710.7 W. 036 44.7 W. 01217.2 W. Madison, Wis. *. Nashville, Tenn. *.. ..43 137 N. .13 4 8 N. .40 24 30 N. 14 35 41 N. 43 18 19 N. ..37 49 53 S. ..19 26 2 N. 619 5 N. .45 30 17 N. .55 45 20 N. * 37 20 24 N. .48 8 45 N. ..56 32 51 N. .40 51 45 N. ..36 858 N. ..25 537 N. ..29 50 47 S. ..41 18 36 N. .29 57 46 N. Pensacola, Fla., Lt......30 20 47 N. * .50 519 N. ..40 20 58 N. ..41 49 26 N. 46 48 17 N. ..37 32 16 N. ..22 54 24 S. ..43 917 N. .41 53 54 N. Saigon, Cochin-China*..10 46 47 N. San Diego, Cal..........32 43 6 N. Sandy Hook, N. J., Lt...40 27 40 N. San Francisco, Cal.*. ......37 47 55 N. San Juan de Porto Rico. 18 28 56 N. Santiago de Cuba. .20 016 N. Savannah, Ga...... ..32 452 N. Seattle, Wash... ...........47 35 54 N. Shanghai, China.. .31 14 42 N. Singapore, India.. 11711 N. St. Helena Island.........15 55 0 S. Williamstown, Mass. *. 42 42 49 N. Yokohama, Japan.........35 26 24 N. Zanzibar (E. Consulate) 6 9 43 S. * Observatories. Lt. denotes a lighthouse. H. M. S. 557 37.8 W. 520 59.4 E. 014 45.4 W. 8 3 49.2 E. 021 34.6 E. 9 39 54,1 E. 636 26.7 W. 0 43 15.7 W. 4 54 18.5 W. 230 16.9 E. 8 634.1 W. 046 26.1 E. 4 642.7 W. 057 0.9 E. 547 8.0 W. 5 927.8 W. 2 2 1.2 E. 451 42.1 W. 6 013. 9 W. 4 55 53.6 W. 0 29 12.2 E, 5 511.0 W. 142 40.0 E. 612 35.8 W. 2 3 2.3 E. 7 27 59.6 W. 0 5 0.4 W. 518 8.8 W. 314 0.0 W. 0 9 20.9 E. 549 14.1 W. 2 19 27.8 W. 4 49 28.0 W. 5 038.5 W. 10 25 00.0 W. 441 1.2 W. 3 49 57.7 E. 2 915.5 E. 4 6 2.5 W. 3 51 26.0 W. 057 41. 4 E. 45837.5 W. 44537.3 W. 444 49.3 W. 5 944.0 W. 252 41. 4 W. 51021.8 W. 04954.7 E. 7 648.7 E. 748 38.7 W. 456 0.6 W. 8 938.1 W. 424 29.8 W. 5 322.0 W. 52421.7 W. 8 919.9 W. 8 555.7 E. 655 25.0 E. 0 22 52.0 W. 330 43.6 W. 6 049.1 W. 2 113.5 E. 11214.0 E. 229 16.6 E. 10 4 49.5 E. 918 58.0 E. Facts About the Earth. ACCORDING TO Clark, the equatorial semi-diameter is 20, 926, 202 feet-3963.296 miles, and the polar semi-diameter is 20, 854, 895 feet-3950.738 miles. One degree of latitude at the pole-69.407 miles. One degree of latitude at the equator-68.704 miles. CONTINENTAL POPULATION OF THE EARTH BY CONTINENTS. (From Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society for January, 1891.) Area in DIVISIONS, Square Miles. INHABITANTS. Number. CONTIPer Sq. NENTAL Mile. DIVISIONS. 11.0 Europe... 13.8 Polar Reg... 5.3 Total........ 57.7 Australasia 3,288,000 4,730.000 1.4 The above estimate was made by Ernest George Ravenstein, F. R. G. S., the geographer and statistician, and is for 1890. An estimate of population of the earth, made by Drs. Wagner and Supan, editors of 'Bevölkerung der Erde (Perthes, Gotha, 1891), is as follows: Europe, 357,379,000; Asia, 825,954,000; Africa, 163, 953, 000; America, 121, 713,000; Australia, 3,230,000; Oceanic Islands, 7,420, 000; polar regions, 80, 400. Total, 1,479, 729, 400. The estimate of area of the continents and islands by the same authorities is 32, 821, 684. Ravenstein's estimate of the earth's fertile region, in square miles, is 28, 269, 200; steppe, 13, 901,000; desert, 4, 180, 000; polar region, 4, 888, 800. The population of the earth at the death of the Emperor Augustus, estimated by Bodio, was 54,000,000. The population of Europe hardly exceeded 50,000,000 before the fifteenth century.-Mulhall. The area and cubic contents of the earth, according to the data of Clark, given above, are: Surface, 196, 971, 984 square miles; cubic contents, 259, 944, 035, 515 cubic miles. Murray (Challenger expedition) states the greatest depth of the Atlantic Ocean at 27, 366 feet; Pacific Ocean, 30,000 feet; Indian Ocean, 18, 582 feet; Southern Ocean, 25, 200 feet; Arctic Ocean, 9,000 feet. The Atlantic Ocean has an area, in square miles, of 24, 536,000; Pacific Ocean, 50,309,000; Indian Ocean, 17,084,000; Arctic Ocean, 4,781,000; Southern Ocean, 30, 592,000. The highest mountain is believed to be Deodhunga, one of the Himalayas, 29,002 feet. Lord Kelvin estimates the age of the solid earth to be between 20,000,000 and 30, 000, 000 years, and of the human race the same. RACE Number. RACE. Location. For population of the earth according to creed, see RELIGIOUS STATISTICS. etc...... Asia.... Arabia. Hottentot and Bush.. South Africa 630,000,000 American Indian.... Negro and Bantu ...... Central Africa..... 150,000,000 Total.... Number. 150,000 35,000,000 15,000,000 1,440,650,000 The human family is subject to forty-five principal governments. As to their form they may be classified as follows: Absolute monarchies, China, Korea, Morocco, Persia, Russia, Siam, Turkey; Limited monarchies, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, British Empire, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Roumania, Servia, Sweden and Norway, Spain ; Republics, Argentine Republic, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Hawaii, Hayti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Orange Free State, Paraguay, Peru, Salvador, San Domingo, Switzerland, Transvaal, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela. Besides these are the undefined despotisms of Central and South Africa, and a few insignificant independent States. The average duration of human life is about 33 years. One-quarter of the people on the earth die before age 6, one-half before age 16, and only about 1 person of each 100 born lives to age 65. The deaths are calculated at 67 per minute, 97,790 per day, and 35, 639, 835 per year; the births at 70 per minute, 100, 800 per day, and 36, 792, 000 per year. These estimates by Mulhall (1891) exhibit the superior growth of the English language in the last ninety years. Another authority (see "English-Speaking Religious Communities") estimates the number using the English language in 1895 at over 124, 130,000. English is fast becoming the polite tongue of Europe. |