England the Centre of the Earth-—lf we divide.the globe into two hemispheres, according to the maximum extent of the land and water ineachj we arrive at the curious result of designating England as the centre of the former (or terrene) half and an antipodal point near New Zealand at the centre of the aqueous hemisphere. The exact position in -England is not far from the Land's End; so that if an observer wire then raised to such a height as to discern at onfjsjihe half of the globe, he would see the | greatest possible extent of land ; if similarly I elevated in New Zealand, the greatest possible surface , of ■viatex.-~Quarterl!/ Review. j
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 296, 1 December 1862, Page 6
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