A System of Universal Geography: On the Principles of Comparison and Classification, Tema 1Oliver D. Cooke & Company, 1827 - 340 páginas |
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... various admirable dissertations which have been published from time to time , in most of our authoritative journals . We can therefore recommend it without hesitation to parents and conductors of seminaries for the instruction of youth ...
... various admirable dissertations which have been published from time to time , in most of our authoritative journals . We can therefore recommend it without hesitation to parents and conductors of seminaries for the instruction of youth ...
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... various countries of Europe , among whom he cannot refrain from mentioning the names of Humboldt and Fellenberg . To Baron Humboldt , and to other distinguished members of the Geographical Society of Paris , the Author takes pleasure in ...
... various countries of Europe , among whom he cannot refrain from mentioning the names of Humboldt and Fellenberg . To Baron Humboldt , and to other distinguished members of the Geographical Society of Paris , the Author takes pleasure in ...
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... various divisions of climate , with their productions and animals . On the Moral and Political Chart , the degree of light or shade marks the intellectual and moral state of a country ; and the emblems annexed serve , like the standard ...
... various divisions of climate , with their productions and animals . On the Moral and Political Chart , the degree of light or shade marks the intellectual and moral state of a country ; and the emblems annexed serve , like the standard ...
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... various kinds of wind 678 - Trade winds 679 their extent 680 - Monsoons 681- Land and sea breezes 682 - Hurri canes 683 ( velocity and uses of wind ) -Whirlwinds , their effects in deserts ; on the ocean THE CONTENTS . XXỈ.
... various kinds of wind 678 - Trade winds 679 their extent 680 - Monsoons 681- Land and sea breezes 682 - Hurri canes 683 ( velocity and uses of wind ) -Whirlwinds , their effects in deserts ; on the ocean THE CONTENTS . XXỈ.
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... various places ; average in different latitudes 696 . TEMPERATURE - page 126 . Mode of measuring temperature 1697 - its effects on the sensations in different latitudes 698 - Coldest pe- riod of the year and day 699 - Mean annual ...
... various places ; average in different latitudes 696 . TEMPERATURE - page 126 . Mode of measuring temperature 1697 - its effects on the sensations in different latitudes 698 - Coldest pe- riod of the year and day 699 - Mean annual ...
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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.