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Page 4 - Mexico on the south; and from the Atlantic Ocean on the east, to the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Page 17 - These were enlarged and sequestra, from half an inch to an inch and a half in length, were removed.
Page 121 - ... by the Sierra Nevada mountains on the east, and the Coast Range on the west. The...
Page 107 - Coast range on the west, and tempered by the warm oceanic current from Japan, the Rogue River Valley has a climate unsurpassed except perhaps by the coast valleys of Greece. THE...
Page 11 - July, 1826.* *The slides in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and the Green Mountains of Vermont, have been recently very remarkable.
Page 73 - ... affect the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River, would it not? It might originate in any one of those lakes. I am talking from a purely physical standpoint. For instance, if you had something in Lake Michigan or Lake Huron that was heavily polluting the waters, it would come out through the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River? Mr. MACKENZIE. The practical effects of pollution originating at such a great distance from the city of Detroit probably would...
Page 107 - The northern part of the valley is drained by the Sacramento River, and the southern part by the San Joaquin River.
Page vii - Monroe is at the head of the department of Psychology and the History of Education in the State Normal School at Montclair, New Jersey.
Page 11 - The States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut; the armament officer being the commanding officer of Watertown Arsenal.