Comparative geography, tr. [from Allgemeine Erdkunde] by W.L. Gage1865 |
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... Maps and Illustrations . In Crown Octavo , price 5s . ADVANCED TEXT - BOOK OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY . With Illustrations and Glossary of Terms . In Crown Octavo , price 9d . EXAMINATIONS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY . WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS ...
... Maps and Illustrations . In Crown Octavo , price 5s . ADVANCED TEXT - BOOK OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY . With Illustrations and Glossary of Terms . In Crown Octavo , price 9d . EXAMINATIONS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY . WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS ...
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... mapping and cataloguing the heavens has been accomplished . Many hundred stars , supposed to be single , have been as- certained to be double stars , and some have been resolved into systems like our own . The from 300 to 400 ob- served ...
... mapping and cataloguing the heavens has been accomplished . Many hundred stars , supposed to be single , have been as- certained to be double stars , and some have been resolved into systems like our own . The from 300 to 400 ob- served ...
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... maps and globes which indicate the contour and the vertical elevations and depressions of the Earth or its divisions . The demand for perfect accuracy in these is now very great . The map must be a portrait , not a cari- cature . In its ...
... maps and globes which indicate the contour and the vertical elevations and depressions of the Earth or its divisions . The demand for perfect accuracy in these is now very great . The map must be a portrait , not a cari- cature . In its ...
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... maps and charts , and laying down geographical districts upon them , there must be some familiarity with trigonometry and the higher mathematics . No one can thoroughly study geography in foreign lands , and leave all astronomical ...
... maps and charts , and laying down geographical districts upon them , there must be some familiarity with trigonometry and the higher mathematics . No one can thoroughly study geography in foreign lands , and leave all astronomical ...
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... map - drawing is concerned . The deviation from a perfectly spherical shape is so inconsiderable that in an artificial globe of eighteen inches diameter it would hardly amount to the thickness of a sheet of paper ; still , small as this ...
... map - drawing is concerned . The deviation from a perfectly spherical shape is so inconsiderable that in an artificial globe of eighteen inches diameter it would hardly amount to the thickness of a sheet of paper ; still , small as this ...
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