A Compendium of Geography: Being a Concise Description of the Various Parts of the World; Adapted to the Capacities of Children and Youth. ...Phinehas Allen., 1815 - 78 σελίδες |
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... stands on an Island in the river St. Lawrence , 170 miles above Quebec . Newark , Queenston and York , are the other chief towns . Q. Are there any curiosities ? A. The most remarkable are the falls of Nia- gara , which are about 8 ...
... stands on an Island in the river St. Lawrence , 170 miles above Quebec . Newark , Queenston and York , are the other chief towns . Q. Are there any curiosities ? A. The most remarkable are the falls of Nia- gara , which are about 8 ...
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... stands at the mouth of Kennebec river ; on this Island is a light - house . NEW - HAMPSHIRE . Q. What is the situation of New - Hampshire ? A. It is situated between 42 and 45 N. lat .. 2 and 5 E. lon . Q. What is its extent ? A. It is ...
... stands at the mouth of Kennebec river ; on this Island is a light - house . NEW - HAMPSHIRE . Q. What is the situation of New - Hampshire ? A. It is situated between 42 and 45 N. lat .. 2 and 5 E. lon . Q. What is its extent ? A. It is ...
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... stands on the Maryland side of the Potomac , four miles from the city of Washington . Alexandria is situated on the south side of the Potomac , and contains upwards of 5,000 inhabitants . Q. Are there any seminaries of learning in this ...
... stands on the Maryland side of the Potomac , four miles from the city of Washington . Alexandria is situated on the south side of the Potomac , and contains upwards of 5,000 inhabitants . Q. Are there any seminaries of learning in this ...
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... stands on the east bank of the Mississippi river , about 90 miles from its mouth ; it is a large , flourishing town , and is ad- vantageously situated for trade . DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA . Q. How is the District of Louisiana bounded ? A ...
... stands on the east bank of the Mississippi river , about 90 miles from its mouth ; it is a large , flourishing town , and is ad- vantageously situated for trade . DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA . Q. How is the District of Louisiana bounded ? A ...
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... stands on an island in the Lake Tetzuco . SOUTH AMERICA . Q. What is the situation of South America ? A. It is situated between 12 north , and 56 south latitude , being joined to North America by the Isthmus of Darien .. Q. What is its ...
... stands on an island in the Lake Tetzuco . SOUTH AMERICA . Q. What is the situation of South America ? A. It is situated between 12 north , and 56 south latitude , being joined to North America by the Isthmus of Darien .. Q. What is its ...
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Σελίδα 2 - CLERK'S OFFIcE. BE it remembered, that on the eleventh day of November, AD 1830, in the fiftyfifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Gray & Bowen, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof...
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Σελίδα 7 - Q. What is the axis of the earth ? A. An imaginary line passing through the centre of the earth from north to south, the extreme points of which are called the poles.
Σελίδα 45 - States, bounded on the north by British Columbia; on the south by the Gulf of Mexico; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Σελίδα 9 - Q. What is an Island ? A. A portion of land entirely surrounded by water. Q. What is a Peninsula? A. A portion 'of land almost surrounded by water. Q. What is an Isthmus ? A. A neck joining two larger portions of land. Q. What is a Cape ? A. A point of land extending into the water. Q.
Σελίδα 40 - States, is bounded on the north by Tennessee, east by Georgia, south by Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, and west by Mississippi.
Σελίδα 26 - In no part of the world is the education of all ranks of people more attended to than in Connecticut ; almost every town in the State is divided into districts, and each district has a public school kept in it a greater or less part of every year. Somewhat more than...
Σελίδα 43 - On the north by unknown regions ; east by Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico ; south by the Isthmus of Darien ; and west by the Pacific ocean.
Σελίδα 29 - ... Manufactures are rapidly on the increase, and the demands of an increasing intercourse are ever calling for new establishments. In 1850 the county contained 3,984 dwellings, 4,003 families, 24,013 inhabitants, 1,581 farms, and 179 productive establishments. INDIANAPOLIS is the county seat and also CAPITAL OF THE STATE. It is situated on the east bank of the west fork of White river, in latitude 39° 46' north and longitude 86° 4' west, and is as nearly as possible in the center of the state.