A System of Universal Geography: On the Principles of Comparison and Classification, Tema 1Oliver D. Cooke & Company, 1827 - 340 páginas |
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... usually be advisable , that the student should be required to recollect the classes of cities , rivers , & c . In examining the maps , the numbers which indicate them will scarcely fail to make an impression on his memory , and he will ...
... usually be advisable , that the student should be required to recollect the classes of cities , rivers , & c . In examining the maps , the numbers which indicate them will scarcely fail to make an impression on his memory , and he will ...
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... usually represented by curved lines , 50. A chart is a representation of the surface of the Earth , as if it were spread out on a plane or level , used chiefly by mariners , in which the circles are represented by straight lines . 51 ...
... usually represented by curved lines , 50. A chart is a representation of the surface of the Earth , as if it were spread out on a plane or level , used chiefly by mariners , in which the circles are represented by straight lines . 51 ...
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... usually been con- sidered as extending about 3000 miles , from Beering's Straits to the Atlantic , and is supposed to be chiefly covered with ice . But even the coasts of Asia have been but partially explored , and we know little of the ...
... usually been con- sidered as extending about 3000 miles , from Beering's Straits to the Atlantic , and is supposed to be chiefly covered with ice . But even the coasts of Asia have been but partially explored , and we know little of the ...
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... usually declines , in the direction from their sources to their mouths . Hence we may learn the face of a country by tracing the course of its rivers . 131. A number of declivities usually surround every large body of water , descending ...
... usually declines , in the direction from their sources to their mouths . Hence we may learn the face of a country by tracing the course of its rivers . 131. A number of declivities usually surround every large body of water , descending ...
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... usually the fact with metallic ores , it is called a vein . 139. Near the surface of the earth , and often for some dis- tance beneath it , we find rocks which contain the remains of land and marine animals , vegetables , and fragments ...
... usually the fact with metallic ores , it is called a vein . 139. Near the surface of the earth , and often for some dis- tance beneath it , we find rocks which contain the remains of land and marine animals , vegetables , and fragments ...
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Página 41 - They were unenlightened by science, and unacquainted with that religion, which enjoins men to do unto others as they would that others should do unto them.
Página 11 - The native Caledonians preserved in the northern extremity of the island their wild independence, for which they were not less indebted to their poverty than to their valour. Their incursions were frequently repelled and chastised; but their country was never subdued.
Página 8 - Earth, east is that part of the heavens in which the Sun rises, and west, that part in which it sets. When we stand with our right hand to the east, the west is on our left, north before us, and south behind us.
Página 28 - ... and it is difficult to observe the temperature of the atmosphere, without these particles of sand striking against the bulb of the thermometer. All around us, the plains seemed to ascend toward the sky, and that vast and profound solitude appeared to our eyes like an ocean covered with sea-weeds. According to the unequal mass of vapours diffused through the atmosphere, and the variable decrement in the temperature of the...
Página 84 - Carolina are navigable nearly through the alluvial region, and there are some good harbors at their mouths. The coast of North Carolina is bordered with a range of low, sandy islands, enclosing a chain of sounds. Their entrances are generally obstructed by bars, which vessels of considerable size cannot pass. But the streams are navigable for sloops some distance into the interior.
Página 47 - ... hung with festoons of various forms and brilliant appearance. In some parts, immense columns descend to the floor; others present the appearance of trees and brooks turned to marble. The Peak cavern, in Derbyshire, England, is also a celebrated curiosity of this kind.
Página 71 - PROBLEM X. — To find the Length of the Day and Night at any time of the Year. Only double the time of the sun's rising that day, and it gives the length of the night ; double the time of its setting, and it gives the length of the day. Thus...
Página 257 - Several of these are navigable, with occasional obstructions from fells, for boats and canoes, while they offer many choice situations for the erection of mills. On the northern shores of Lake Ontario is a ridge of heights of no great elevation, and of inconsiderable breadth, from which the land soon descends again, and forms a level...
Página 83 - As a navigable channel, it is superior to any north-east of the Hudson. The numerous rivers on the eastern declivity of the Apalachian chain afford the advantages of a good inland navigation to most parts of the Atlantic states. In all those streams which flow through the alluvial region from the Mississippi to the...
Página 70 - It runs nearly parallel with the coast of the Pacific Ocean, at the distance of several hundred miles ; and probably extends to the Arctic Circle.