Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 páginas |
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... central orb is 95,173,000 miles , or , in round numbers , ninety - five millions of miles . Its time of revolution round the sun is about 365 days — or , more precisely , 365 days , 5 hours , 48 minutes , and 50 seconds - and this ...
... central orb is 95,173,000 miles , or , in round numbers , ninety - five millions of miles . Its time of revolution round the sun is about 365 days — or , more precisely , 365 days , 5 hours , 48 minutes , and 50 seconds - and this ...
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... central orb is 95,173,000 miles , or , in round numbers , ninety - five millions of miles . Its time of revolution round the sun is about 365 days — or , more precisely , 365 days , 5 hours , 48 minutes , and 50 seconds - and this ...
... central orb is 95,173,000 miles , or , in round numbers , ninety - five millions of miles . Its time of revolution round the sun is about 365 days — or , more precisely , 365 days , 5 hours , 48 minutes , and 50 seconds - and this ...
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... central temperature . Re- specting the superficial temperature , which constitutes the great theme of climatology , to be noticed hereafter ( Chap . XII . ) , it may be stated , in the mean time , that it is influenced from day to day ...
... central temperature . Re- specting the superficial temperature , which constitutes the great theme of climatology , to be noticed hereafter ( Chap . XII . ) , it may be stated , in the mean time , that it is influenced from day to day ...
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... central sea . The hills are shadows , and they flow From form to form , and nothing stands ; They melt like mists , the solid lands- Like clouds , they shape themselves and go ! " The record of these changes lies in the stratified rocks ...
... central sea . The hills are shadows , and they flow From form to form , and nothing stands ; They melt like mists , the solid lands- Like clouds , they shape themselves and go ! " The record of these changes lies in the stratified rocks ...
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... central torrid line . An- other glance at the map will show that while the land lies in broad unbroken masses towards the north , it stretches towards the south in curious gradually - tapering projections . Again , if we suppose the ...
... central torrid line . An- other glance at the map will show that while the land lies in broad unbroken masses towards the north , it stretches towards the south in curious gradually - tapering projections . Again , if we suppose 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...