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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7. oldal
... portion of this is land ? About one - fourth , or fifty millions . What portion water ? About three - fourths , or one hundred and fifty millions . How is the land distributed ? There is about three times as much land in the Northern ...
... portion of this is land ? About one - fourth , or fifty millions . What portion water ? About three - fourths , or one hundred and fifty millions . How is the land distributed ? There is about three times as much land in the Northern ...
17. oldal
... portions , which are completely separated from each other by the great ocean . These are , the Old World , which includes the countries of Europe , Asia and Africa ; the New World , which embraces North and South America ; and the ...
... portions , which are completely separated from each other by the great ocean . These are , the Old World , which includes the countries of Europe , Asia and Africa ; the New World , which embraces North and South America ; and the ...
18. oldal
... portions of the earth's surface . - There are in either hemisphere some scattered masses of land , which are situated beyond the proper limits of any of the great divisions of the world's surface , and which make a nearer approach ...
... portions of the earth's surface . - There are in either hemisphere some scattered masses of land , which are situated beyond the proper limits of any of the great divisions of the world's surface , and which make a nearer approach ...
19. oldal
... portion of the human race . It is also the great highway of com- merce , and the unfailing reservoir from which all the other bodies of water on the earth are supplied . It is from the vapors exhaled from it that the atmosphere is ...
... portion of the human race . It is also the great highway of com- merce , and the unfailing reservoir from which all the other bodies of water on the earth are supplied . It is from the vapors exhaled from it that the atmosphere is ...
23. oldal
... portion of the American Conti- nent lies between Europe on the east , and Asia on the west . It is nearly surrounded by the Arctic , Atlantic and Pacific Oceans ; and extends from about the eighth parallel of north latitude to the ...
... portion of the American Conti- nent lies between Europe on the east , and Asia on the west . It is nearly surrounded by the Arctic , Atlantic and Pacific Oceans ; and extends from about the eighth parallel of north latitude to the ...
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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...