Cornell's High School Geography: Forming Part Third of a Systematic Series of School Geographies : Comprising a Description of the World : Arranged with Special Reference to the Wants and Capacities of Pupils in the Senior Classes of Public and Private Schools : Embellished by Numerous Engravings and Accompanied by a Large and Complete Atlas, Drawn and Engraved Expressly for this WorkD. Appleton & Company, 1857 - 405 oldal |
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... German . What are the chief ones of Asia ? The Chinese , the Arabic , the Persian and the Sanscrit . LESSON VI . FORMS OF GOVERNMENT AMONG MANKIND . What is government ? Government ( in a geographical sense ) is that form of funda ...
... German . What are the chief ones of Asia ? The Chinese , the Arabic , the Persian and the Sanscrit . LESSON VI . FORMS OF GOVERNMENT AMONG MANKIND . What is government ? Government ( in a geographical sense ) is that form of funda ...
84. oldal
... Germans , and also some French Huguenots . The leading objects of pursuit , are agriculture and commerce . Manufactures and Exports . - This state is not largely engaged in manufactures . The chief exports are cotton and rice . There is ...
... Germans , and also some French Huguenots . The leading objects of pursuit , are agriculture and commerce . Manufactures and Exports . - This state is not largely engaged in manufactures . The chief exports are cotton and rice . There is ...
173. oldal
... Germany , Austria , Turkey , and Italy are diverging branches ; the Pyrenees , between France and Spain , which extends in several parallel chains throughout the Iberian Peninsula ; and the Carpathian , which stretches along the ...
... Germany , Austria , Turkey , and Italy are diverging branches ; the Pyrenees , between France and Spain , which extends in several parallel chains throughout the Iberian Peninsula ; and the Carpathian , which stretches along the ...
179. oldal
... Germany , Australia and the East Indies ; raw silk from India , China , Italy and France ; hemp and flax from Russia , and hides from South America , Russia , India and Cape Colony . Of the manufactured goods , those of cotton , woolen ...
... Germany , Australia and the East Indies ; raw silk from India , China , Italy and France ; hemp and flax from Russia , and hides from South America , Russia , India and Cape Colony . Of the manufactured goods , those of cotton , woolen ...
193. oldal
... Germany , Denmark , Prussia , Austria , Turkey , Greece , Italy , Spain , Portugal , and Switzerland . Describe the following Islands , viz.:-Jersey , Sark , Guernsey , Alderney , -Helgoland , —Zealand , Funen , Laland , Falster , Moen ...
... Germany , Denmark , Prussia , Austria , Turkey , Greece , Italy , Spain , Portugal , and Switzerland . Describe the following Islands , viz.:-Jersey , Sark , Guernsey , Alderney , -Helgoland , —Zealand , Funen , Laland , Falster , Moen ...
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abundant Africa Agriculture Area in sq Area in square Asia Atlantic Atlantic Ocean belong Bolivia Britain called Cape capital Caribbean Sea Caucasian race chief productions chiefly Cities and Towns climate coast colony commercial city consist contains Continental cotton Describe the following divided Duchy earth east eastern elevated Empire equator etc.-The inhabitants etc.-The soil Europe extensive feet fertile following Cities form the leading Geographical Position Germany globe Guadeloupe Gulf Gulf of Mexico important Indian island lies Isles kingdom Lake land latitude leading exports leading industrial pursuits leading pursuit LESSON Malay race manufactures Mediterranean Sea Mention meridian Mexico minerals Mississippi mouth North America northern Norway noted numerous Pacific Ocean peninsula plain Population port portion principal province Prussia race region Republic River Russian America seaport situated south-east south-west southern square miles Strait surface table-land territory trade tropical Turkey valleys western zone
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323. oldal - CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E.
218. oldal - Africa ; the small Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ; the Islands of St.
325. oldal - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
401. oldal - Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place, find the sun's place in the ecliptic and bring it to the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to 12.
42. oldal - We have now a territorial extent nearly ten times as large as that of Great Britain and France combined ; three times as large as the whole of France, Britain, Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, and Denmark together ; one and a half times as large as the Russian empire in Europe...
33. oldal - Warehouses rise over the wharves, or tower aloft in different parts of the town, and dwellinghouses and public buildings rear their heads over each other, as they stretch along and up the sides of the hill.
51. oldal - Oporto, 1 ; Quebec, 15. Internal improvements in all the provinces will appear in a general table. UPPER CANADA. — This province is separated from Lower Canada by the Ottawa river, which empties into the St. Lawrence near Montreal. Of Canada generally, it has been said, that the climate is subject to great extremes of heat and cold ; the thermometer ranging between 102° above, and 36° below Fahrenheit ; the ground being covered five months in the year with snow. The geographical limits are given...
116. oldal - The broad plain was said to be bounded in the east by the Sierra Nevada, and on the west by the Bolbones and Diablo mountains.
400. oldal - ... then bring the given place to the meridian, and set the index to the given hour. Turn the globe till the index points to twelve at noon ; and the place exactly under the sun's declination on the brazen meridian will have the sun vertical at the given time.
62. oldal - When the traveler first arrives at the cataract, he stands and gazes, and is lost in admiration. The mighty volume of water which forms the outlet of the great Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie, is here precipitated over a precipice 160 feet high, with a roar like that of thunder, which may be heard, in...