Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 páginas |
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... limits of change and modification . 3. Physical Geography is thus the higher department , its aim being not only to describe the external aspects or the terraqueous ( land and water ) globe , but to inquire into those conditions of posi ...
... limits of change and modification . 3. Physical Geography is thus the higher department , its aim being not only to describe the external aspects or the terraqueous ( land and water ) globe , but to inquire into those conditions of posi ...
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... limits of its seasons ; when will its tides ebb and flow ; what is the force of gravity at its surface ; what the deviation of the magnetic needle ? and many other similar questions . These , strictly speaking , belong to Astro- nomy ...
... limits of its seasons ; when will its tides ebb and flow ; what is the force of gravity at its surface ; what the deviation of the magnetic needle ? and many other similar questions . These , strictly speaking , belong to Astro- nomy ...
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... limits of these aërial and aqueous movements ? The determination of shoals and sandbanks , of sunken rocks and reefs , is no doubt highly valuable ; but it is a higher effort of philo- sophy to determine the causes and courses of these ...
... limits of these aërial and aqueous movements ? The determination of shoals and sandbanks , of sunken rocks and reefs , is no doubt highly valuable ; but it is a higher effort of philo- sophy to determine the causes and courses of these ...
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... limits of such mutation , what are the respective areas of land and water , their positions on the earth's surface , their actions and reactions on each other , in consequence of their different extents , positions , capacities for heat ...
... limits of such mutation , what are the respective areas of land and water , their positions on the earth's surface , their actions and reactions on each other , in consequence of their different extents , positions , capacities for heat ...
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... limits of change , mutually adapted and harmoniously adjusted . The land absorbs and radi- ates the sun's heat more readily than the water ; and thus , while parched and thirsty in summer , it is refreshed and vivified by the moisture ...
... limits of change , mutually adapted and harmoniously adjusted . The land absorbs and radi- ates the sun's heat more readily than the water ; and thus , while parched and thirsty in summer , it is refreshed and vivified by the moisture ...
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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...