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... Northern and the Southern hemi- spheres , at the Cape of Good Hope , and elsewhere , to above 3000 , and the number is constantly increasing . Nebulæ have been analysed , and been shown to consist of worlds distinct and perfect as our ...
... Northern and the Southern hemi- spheres , at the Cape of Good Hope , and elsewhere , to above 3000 , and the number is constantly increasing . Nebulæ have been analysed , and been shown to consist of worlds distinct and perfect as our ...
Side 41
... northern and south- ern or eastern and western hemispheres , their relative amounts of land and water will be different . The north- ern hemisphere contains ( speaking approximatively as above ) 38,541,600 square miles of land , and ...
... northern and south- ern or eastern and western hemispheres , their relative amounts of land and water will be different . The north- ern hemisphere contains ( speaking approximatively as above ) 38,541,600 square miles of land , and ...
Side 42
... northern hemisphere ( 38,341,600 square miles ) ; scarcely a third part of their superficies ( 12,847,200 square miles ) being in the southern . The continents are so situated also that the eastern contains by far the larger body of ...
... northern hemisphere ( 38,341,600 square miles ) ; scarcely a third part of their superficies ( 12,847,200 square miles ) being in the southern . The continents are so situated also that the eastern contains by far the larger body of ...
Side 44
... northern . The icebergs which are formed at the South Pole are carried much nearer to the equator than those formed at the North Pole . An important phenomenon , first pointed out by A. von Humboldt and Dove , is closely connected with ...
... northern . The icebergs which are formed at the South Pole are carried much nearer to the equator than those formed at the North Pole . An important phenomenon , first pointed out by A. von Humboldt and Dove , is closely connected with ...
Side 49
... northern in com- parison with the southern ; and not in respect to number alone , but also to mental and moral force of character . But not the southern extremities alone of the conti- nents exhibit this wedge - like form ; it is ...
... northern in com- parison with the southern ; and not in respect to number alone , but also to mental and moral force of character . But not the southern extremities alone of the conti- nents exhibit this wedge - like form ; it is ...
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