Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 sider |
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Side 7
... EARTH - ITS GENERAL OR PLANETARY RELATIONS , 18-32 Figure , Motions , Dimensions , Density , Temperature , Atmosphere , Technical Subdivisions - Points , Circles , Zones , & c . , III . THE EARTH - ITS INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE AND COMPOSI ...
... EARTH - ITS GENERAL OR PLANETARY RELATIONS , 18-32 Figure , Motions , Dimensions , Density , Temperature , Atmosphere , Technical Subdivisions - Points , Circles , Zones , & c . , III . THE EARTH - ITS INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE AND COMPOSI ...
Side 11
... earth , and graphe , a writing or description ) embraces , in its widest sense , all that can be known of the superficial aspects of our globe - its lands and waters , their extent and configuration , their altitude and depth , the ...
... earth , and graphe , a writing or description ) embraces , in its widest sense , all that can be known of the superficial aspects of our globe - its lands and waters , their extent and configuration , their altitude and depth , the ...
Side 12
... Earth and Man ' ( M. Guyot ) " Geography ought to be something different from a mere description . It should not only describe , should compare , it should interpret , it should rise to the how and the wherefore of the phenomena which ...
... Earth and Man ' ( M. Guyot ) " Geography ought to be something different from a mere description . It should not only describe , should compare , it should interpret , it should rise to the how and the wherefore of the phenomena which ...
Side 13
... earth's surface - that is , its latitude and longitude ; when will its sun rise and set , compared with some fixed meridian ; what are the limits of its seasons ; when will its tides ebb and flow ; what is the force of gravity at its ...
... earth's surface - that is , its latitude and longitude ; when will its sun rise and set , compared with some fixed meridian ; what are the limits of its seasons ; when will its tides ebb and flow ; what is the force of gravity at its ...
Side 17
... earth's surface as com- posed of land and water , determines their extent and configuration , their altitude and depth , the climate and other conditions that influence the growth and distribution of the plants and animals by which they ...
... earth's surface as com- posed of land and water , determines their extent and configuration , their altitude and depth , the climate and other conditions that influence the growth and distribution of the plants and animals by which they ...
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Side 36 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For tho...