The advanced class-book of modern geography, by W. Hughes and J.F. Williams. By W. Hughes1908 |
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... rises scarcely 2 feet above the general level - while in a cul - de - sac like the Bay of Fundy , the spring - tide rises 50 feet , and with a favourable wind , even 70 feet . In enclosed seas and inlets , whose entrances are in a line ...
... rises scarcely 2 feet above the general level - while in a cul - de - sac like the Bay of Fundy , the spring - tide rises 50 feet , and with a favourable wind , even 70 feet . In enclosed seas and inlets , whose entrances are in a line ...
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... rises above the surface of the water - must therefore have been carried forward by under - currents flowing in a contrary direction to the surface - drifts . ( 4. ) Numerous observations have definitely proved the fact that the warm ...
... rises above the surface of the water - must therefore have been carried forward by under - currents flowing in a contrary direction to the surface - drifts . ( 4. ) Numerous observations have definitely proved the fact that the warm ...
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... rises to 300 and even 500 lbs . per acre . The cotton manufacture is by far the most im- portant textile industry in the world , and the cotton manufactures of England exceed those of all other countries taken together . The Flax plant ...
... rises to 300 and even 500 lbs . per acre . The cotton manufacture is by far the most im- portant textile industry in the world , and the cotton manufactures of England exceed those of all other countries taken together . The Flax plant ...
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... rises above 6,000 feet . The mean height of Europe is estimated at 980 feet , or nearly a thousand feet less than the average altitude of Africa , and about 700 feet less than that of Asia , or 400 feet less than that of America ...
... rises above 6,000 feet . The mean height of Europe is estimated at 980 feet , or nearly a thousand feet less than the average altitude of Africa , and about 700 feet less than that of Asia , or 400 feet less than that of America ...
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... rise to the Tornea , Lulea , Pitea , Umea , Indals , Dal , Glommen , and Göta . The River Ural rises in the Ural Mountains . The River Kuban rises in the Caucasus Mountains . The following rivers originate in and drain the great lowland ...
... rise to the Tornea , Lulea , Pitea , Umea , Indals , Dal , Glommen , and Göta . The River Ural rises in the Ural Mountains . The River Kuban rises in the Caucasus Mountains . The following rivers originate in and drain the great lowland ...
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Página 595 - Here's to the United States ! " said the first speaker, — " bounded on the north by British America, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico, on the east by the Atlantic, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean...
Página 768 - Religion. There is no State Church, and no State aid is given to any form of religion. When the settlements of Canterbury and Otago were originally founded...
Página 589 - From its geographical position and its peculiar characteristics, Manitoba may be regarded as the keystone of that mighty arch of sister provinces which spans the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Página 13 - A plane superficies is that in which any two points being taken, the straight line between them lies wholly in that superficies.
Página 13 - When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it.
Página 682 - State, the numbers shall be as follows : — New South Wales 26 Victoria 23 Queensland . . . . . . . . . . 9 South Australia . . . . . . . . . . 7 Western Australia . . . . . . . . 5 Tasmania 5 27.
Página 709 - December 10, 1859, on its separation from New South Wales. The power of making laws and imposing taxes is vested in a Parliament of two Houses — the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly. The former consists of thirty-nine members, nominated by the Crown for life. The Legislative Assembly comprises fifty-nine members, returned from forty-four electoral districts, for five years, elected by ballot, a six months' residence qualifying every adult male for the franchise.
Página 41 - in whatever direction a body moves on the surface of the earth, there is a force arising from the earth's rotation which deflects it to the right in the northern hemisphere, but to the left in the southern.
Página 97 - Is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Mediterranean Sea.
Página 332 - It is bounded on the North by the Arctic Ocean ; on the East by the Pacific Ocean ; on the South by the Indian Ocean ; and on the West by the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Oural Mountains.