Elements of Geography, Ancient and Modern: With an AtlasCummings and Hilliard, 1822 - 322 σελίδες |
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... elevated but little above the level of the ocean . Beyond the head of tide waters , the country becomes hilly and mountainous . The vast extent of country lying between the Alleghany and Rocky mountains , is for the most part , but ...
... elevated but little above the level of the ocean . Beyond the head of tide waters , the country becomes hilly and mountainous . The vast extent of country lying between the Alleghany and Rocky mountains , is for the most part , but ...
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... elevated , and diversified with hills and valleys . Soil Much of the soil of the mountainous part is poor ; east and west of the mountains a large part of it is excel- lent . It is generally better adapted , to tillage than graz- ing ...
... elevated , and diversified with hills and valleys . Soil Much of the soil of the mountainous part is poor ; east and west of the mountains a large part of it is excel- lent . It is generally better adapted , to tillage than graz- ing ...
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... elevated but little above the level of the sea . Further in the interior the country becomes uneven and hilly , and afterwards mountainous . The part bordering on the ocean is called the Low country ; and the interior , the Upper or ...
... elevated but little above the level of the sea . Further in the interior the country becomes uneven and hilly , and afterwards mountainous . The part bordering on the ocean is called the Low country ; and the interior , the Upper or ...
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... elevated mountains in Virginia . Minerals . Excellent coal is found in abundance on James river , 20 miles above Richmond . Iron mines oc- cur in great abundance W. of the Blue Ridge ; limestone , lead , and chalk are found . Mineral ...
... elevated mountains in Virginia . Minerals . Excellent coal is found in abundance on James river , 20 miles above Richmond . Iron mines oc- cur in great abundance W. of the Blue Ridge ; limestone , lead , and chalk are found . Mineral ...
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... elevated and diversified ; in some parts mountainous . The Alleghany mountains terminate in the northeast part . Soil and Produce . A large portion of the soil is very fertile , and adapted to the various purposes of agriculture , but ...
... elevated and diversified ; in some parts mountainous . The Alleghany mountains terminate in the northeast part . Soil and Produce . A large portion of the soil is very fertile , and adapted to the various purposes of agriculture , but ...
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Elements of Geography, Ancient and Modern: With an Atlas Joseph Emerson Worcester Πλήρης προβολή - 1822 |
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Σελίδα 2 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, etc.
Σελίδα ii - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the...
Σελίδα 315 - Put the centre of the quadrant of altitude on the pole of the ecliptic, and its graduated edge on the star ; then the arch of the quadrant, intercepted...
Σελίδα 1 - The AXIS of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south. The ends...
Σελίδα 310 - To find the difference of latitude of any two places. — Rule. If the places are in the same hemisphere, bring each to the meridian, and subtract the latitude of the one from that of the other; if in different hemispheres, add the latitude of the one to that of the other, and the sum will show the difference of latitude.
Σελίδα 313 - Rectify for the latitude and sun's place, (Prob. vm ) and turn the sun's place to the eastern edge of the horizon, and the index will point to the hour of rising : then bring it to the western edge of the horizon...
Σελίδα 14 - All that part of the territory of the United States which lies west of the summit of the Rocky Mountains, north of the forty-second degree of north latitude, known as the Territory of Oregon, shall be organized into and constitute a temporary government by the name of the Territory of Oregon.
Σελίδα 314 - Double the time of the sun's rising, which gives the length of the night; double the time of his setting, which gives the length of the day. Thus, on the 25th of May, the sun rises at London about four o'clock, and sets at eight. The length of the night is twice four or eight hours; the length of the day is twice eight, or sixteen hours.
Σελίδα 313 - For the zenith : screw the quadrant of altitude on the meridian, at the given degree of latitude, counting from the equator towards the elevated pole, and the globe will be rectified for the zenith.
Σελίδα 315 - The first points of Cancer and Capricorn are called solstitial points, because when the sun is near either of them he seems to stand still, or to be at the same height in the heavens at twelve o'clock at noon for several days together.