This section is from the book "Chambers's Concise Gazetteer Of The World", by David Patrick. Also available from Amazon: Chambers's Concise Gazetteer Of The World.
Meridional circumference.......... | 24,856 miles. | |||
Equatorial circumference................................... | 24,899 ,, | |||
Equatorial mean diameter................................... | 7926.6 ,, | |||
Polar (or shortest) diameter....... | 7899.6 ,, | |||
Area of the earth.............................. | 197,000,000 sq. miles. | |||
Water surface of earth...................... | 141,000,000 ,, | |||
Land surface of earth....................... | 56,000,000 ,, | |||
Volume of earth...... | 260,000,000,000 cubic miles. | |||
Mass of earth......... | 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons. | |||
Mean distance from the sun............ | 92, 800,000 miles |
 
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