Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 páginas |
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... islands , its mountains and valleys , its soil and climate , its scenery and life - arrangements ; the Ocean , its seas and bays , its shoals and depths , its composition and temperature , its aspects and life - dispersion , -are the ...
... islands , its mountains and valleys , its soil and climate , its scenery and life - arrangements ; the Ocean , its seas and bays , its shoals and depths , its composition and temperature , its aspects and life - dispersion , -are the ...
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... island in the ocean : what is its position on the 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 ...
... island in the ocean : what is its position on the 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 ...
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... island is rocky and precipitous towards the north and west , while towards the south and east it falls away in gentle slopes and terraces . The north - western section presents , in the main , a series of basaltic crags and rocky hill ...
... island is rocky and precipitous towards the north and west , while towards the south and east it falls away in gentle slopes and terraces . The north - western section presents , in the main , a series of basaltic crags and rocky hill ...
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... Islands . To the student who wishes to enter more minutely into the consideration of the earth's planetary or astronomical relations , we may recommend persual of Sir J. Herschel's ' Outlines of Astronomy , ' Mr G. D. Chambers's ...
... Islands . To the student who wishes to enter more minutely into the consideration of the earth's planetary or astronomical relations , we may recommend persual of Sir J. Herschel's ' Outlines of Astronomy , ' Mr G. D. Chambers's ...
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... Islands , we have the intelligible representation that appears on the following page . It is not asserted that these rock - forma- tions and systems occur in full and regular succession in every part of the world , but merely that such ...
... Islands , we have the intelligible representation that appears on the following page . It is not asserted that these rock - forma- tions and systems occur in full and regular succession in every part of the world , but merely that such ...
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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...