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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Earth is in Planets.
Earth ...
has a mass of 5,792,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Kg.
has a diameter at the Equator of 12,756 km.
has circumference at the Equator of 40,075 Km.
is spinning around its axis at 1,700 Km per hour.
spins around the Sun every 365.2564 days travelling distance of 940,000,000 Km at an average speed of 107,208 Km per hour.
Earth Atmosphere. A layer of gases that surround the Earth. The atmosphere is around 100 Km deep. Three quarters of the atmosphere is contained within the first 11 Km.
The Atmospehere has a number of layers:
Mesosphere: 50 to 80 km
Stratosphere: 12 to 50 km
Troposphere: 0 to 12 km
Humans
Homo Erectus
Homo Erectus emerged around 2 millions years ago.
Homo Neanderthalis
Homo Neanderthalis is an extinct species of @@Humans that lived in Europe and Asia until around 40,000 years ago. It is unclear what caused their extinction.
1829. Dutch naturalist Philippe-Charles Schmerling discovered the remains of a Neaderthal skull at Grottes d'Engis, Belgium. He believed the skull to be of a Homo Sapiens.