Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 páginas |
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... ; what the deviation of the magnetic needle ? and many other similar questions . These , strictly speaking , belong to Astro- nomy and Mathematics ; but the geographer , availing himself AIM AND OBJECTS OF THE SCIENCE . 13.
... ; what the deviation of the magnetic needle ? and many other similar questions . These , strictly speaking , belong to Astro- nomy and Mathematics ; but the geographer , availing himself AIM AND OBJECTS OF THE SCIENCE . 13.
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... AND EXPLANATORY . In the foregoing chapter we have noticed those primary con- ditions of form , motion , size , density , temperature , and the like , which belong to the earth as a member of the 30 GENERAL RELATIONS OF THE EARTH .
... AND EXPLANATORY . In the foregoing chapter we have noticed those primary con- ditions of form , motion , size , density , temperature , and the like , which belong to the earth as a member of the 30 GENERAL RELATIONS OF THE EARTH .
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David Page. which belong to the earth as a member of the solar system These conditions lie , as it were , at the foundation of all change and diversity on the earth's surface - day and night , heat and cold , summer and winter ...
David Page. which belong to the earth as a member of the solar system These conditions lie , as it were , at the foundation of all change and diversity on the earth's surface - day and night , heat and cold , summer and winter ...
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... belong chiefly to extinct races , we have : — Systems . Periods . 1. POST - TERTIARY or RECENT ACCUMULATIONS . CAINOZOIC 2. TERTIARY SYSTEM . 3. CRETACEOUS or CHALK SYSTEM . 4. OOLITIC or JURASSIC SYSTEM . 5. TRIASSIC or UPPER NEW RED ...
... belong chiefly to extinct races , we have : — Systems . Periods . 1. POST - TERTIARY or RECENT ACCUMULATIONS . CAINOZOIC 2. TERTIARY SYSTEM . 3. CRETACEOUS or CHALK SYSTEM . 4. OOLITIC or JURASSIC SYSTEM . 5. TRIASSIC or UPPER NEW RED ...
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... belong almost wholly to extinct species ; and even where the chalk beds are wanting , the other strata are so replete with their characteristic marine remains , that there is generally little difficulty in recog- nising the system . The ...
... belong almost wholly to extinct species ; and even where the chalk beds are wanting , the other strata are so replete with their characteristic marine remains , that there is generally little difficulty in recog- nising the system . The ...
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Página 32 - 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...