A Geography of Middlesex County: For Young Children : Embracing 1. a Short Typographical and Historical Sketch of Every Town, 2. a General View of the County, and the Employments of the People, 3. a Glossary, Explaining the Geographical and Other Difficult TermsHilliard and Brown, 1830 - 106 páginas |
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... crosses both the rivers . It crosses the Shawshine by an aqueduct twenty feet through the town . What are their names ? How is Bedford bounded on the ... cross Shawshine river ? 1 high ; so that the horses and boats on MIDDLESEX COUNTY . 11.
... crosses both the rivers . It crosses the Shawshine by an aqueduct twenty feet through the town . What are their names ? How is Bedford bounded on the ... cross Shawshine river ? 1 high ; so that the horses and boats on MIDDLESEX COUNTY . 11.
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... crosses Concord River it is about level with it , so that the wa- ter from the river runs into the canal and fills it . Boxboro ' is a very small town , and has fewer people in it than any other town in the county of Middlesex . The ...
... crosses Concord River it is about level with it , so that the wa- ter from the river runs into the canal and fills it . Boxboro ' is a very small town , and has fewer people in it than any other town in the county of Middlesex . The ...
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... cross Charles River from Boston ? What did they do after they were landed on the Charlestown side ? Who commanded the Americans ? What order did he give the soldiers ? How did the American soldiers obey the order ? What effect had their ...
... cross Charles River from Boston ? What did they do after they were landed on the Charlestown side ? Who commanded the Americans ? What order did he give the soldiers ? How did the American soldiers obey the order ? What effect had their ...
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... cross Charles River ? Where did they land ? What did they do after they landed ? Did the Americans know the British were coming into the country ? How did they find out they were coming ? How were the to let their friends in the country ...
... cross Charles River ? Where did they land ? What did they do after they landed ? Did the Americans know the British were coming into the country ? How did they find out they were coming ? How were the to let their friends in the country ...
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... crosses the meadows , it is built up sev- eral feet to keep the water from flowing over it after a great rain . It is called a causeway , and was very expensive to build . It is more than half a mile long . There are a few good houses ...
... crosses the meadows , it is built up sev- eral feet to keep the water from flowing over it after a great rain . It is called a causeway , and was very expensive to build . It is more than half a mile long . There are a few good houses ...
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Página v - ... of all other subjects of education, to which their attention may be simultaneously or subse quently directed. iar illustration the meaning of a map, and inform him that the top is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. Let him find on the map the town or the village, where he resides, and observe carefully its shape. its ponds, its rivers, and its hills or mountains. All these he is to draw from the map upon his slate or small black board. and to draw them over...
Página ii - In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned " j and also to an act, entitled " An act supplementary to an act, entitled, ' An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned,'...
Página vi - ... mentioned in the book, as mills, or factories, ponds, streams, hills, or mountains. For recitations a large black board should be used at least three feet wide and three and a half feet long. This should be so placed that the pupil standing before it, may have his face to the north ; when, of course, his right hand will be to the east, his back to the south, and his lelt hand to the west.
Página ii - AM of the said District, have deposited in this Office the title of a Book, the right whereof they claim as Authors, in the words following, to wit...
Página vi - If the class consists of several, let one be directed to draw the northern line of the town boundary. Another may be invited to criticise the execution, and then another may give his opinion. It may then with advantage be submitted to the judgment of the whole class, that any one who can detect an inaccuracy, may expose it. Let the eastern boundary now be drawn and subjected to the same critical examination and amendment ; and so of the other lines. A member of the class may then name the towns on...
Página vii - ... adjoining towns, according to their difficulty. At reciting this second lesson, the shape of the town or towns may be drawn upon a variety of scales. This exercise will be found to be exceedingly useful, as a severe discipline of the mind is involved in producing accurate proportions. And the whole class should be kept constantly on the alert, in judging of the truth of the proportions between the several lines drawn by each one of them. When greater ease has been acquired in drawing, and several...
Página v - ... quently directed. iar illustration the meaning of a map, and inform him that the top is north, the bottom south, the right hand east, and the left hand west. Let him find on the map the town or the village, where he resides, and observe carefully its shape. its ponds, its rivers, and its hills or mountains. All these he is to draw from the map upon his slate or small black board. and to draw them over and over again upon a variety of scales, till he can do it accurately from his memory and conceptions,...
Página vii - ... before that is to them chronology. Having thus completed the pupil's own town, the next exercise may be one or more of the adjoining towns, according to their difficulty. At reciting this second lesson, the shape of the town or towns may be drawn upon a variety of scales. This exercise will be found to be exceedingly useful, as a severe discipline of the mind is involved in producing accurate proportions. And the whole class should be kept constantly on the alert, in judging of the truth of the...
Página ii - Hendec, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of ji book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit :
Página 70 - There are some good farms however in the town, and the soil is generally good for fruit-trees of all kinds, which are common in this...