Geography generalized; or, An introduction to the study of geography on the principles of classification and comparison |
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Africa Alps altitude America ancient animals Apennines appear Arctic Arctic Ocean Asia Atlantic Atlantic Ocean atmosphere axis body British called Cape celestial celestial equator centre circumference climate coast consequently contains course currents degrees of longitude diameter direction distance diurnal motion divided divisions earth earth's surface eastern eclipse ecliptic elevation equal equator equatorial Europe extend feet high Geography German globe Gulf heavens hence highest Himalaya horizon Indian Ireland Islands lakes land latitude length longitude meridian middle Mont moon motion Mount mountains nearly northern Norway number of degrees Ocean orbit Pennine Alps plain planets polar circles polar star population portion principal provinces rain range regions Right Ascension rivers rocks round the sun Russia side snow-line southern hemisphere square miles Straits summits sun's supposed table-lands temperature tion torrid zone towns tropics upwards vegetation western words zenith
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Page 302 - British possessions on the north, to the Gulf of Mexico on the south; and from the Atlantic Ocean on the east, to the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Page 192 - It is bounded on the North by the Arctic Ocean ; on the East by the Pacific Ocean ; on the South by the Indian Ocean ; and on the West by the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Oural Mountains.
Page 137 - When they came into the world, and for the first six or eight years of their existence, they were, perhaps, very much alike, and neither their parents nor playfellows could perceive any remarkable difference. About that age, or soon after, they come to be employed in very different occupations. The difference of talents comes then to be taken notice of, and widens by degrees, till at last the vanity of the philosopher is willing to acknowledge scarce any resemblance.
Page 352 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 153 - ... 430 feet ; Mars, a rather large pin's head, on a circle of 654 feet ; Juno, Ceres, Vesta, and Pallas, grains of sand, in orbits of from 1000 to 1200 feet; Jupiter, a moderate-sized orange, in a circle nearly half a mile across ; Saturn, a small orange, on a circle of four-fifths of a mile ; and Uranus, a full-sized cherry, or small plum, upon the circumference of a circle more than a mile and a half in diameter.
Page 12 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Page 153 - Ask we what makes one keep, and one bestow? That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow, Bids seed-time, harvest, equal course maintain, Through reconciled extremes of drought and rain. Builds life on death, on change duration founds, And gives the eternal wheels to know their rounds.
Page 20 - ... there would be NO SEASONS; for the same parts of its surface would always receive the same amount of light and heat. And how does the earth move round the sun ? Now mark the answer to this question, for it contains the whole doctrine of the seasons THE AXIS OF THE EARTH IS INCLINED TO THE PLANE OF ITS ORBIT , AND IT MOVES ROUND THE SUN IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO ITSELF.
Page 113 - Even in the depth of polar night, they find A wondrous day; enough to light the chase, Or guide their daring steps to Finland fairs.
Page 152 - On it place a globe, two feet in diameter; this will represent the Sun; Mercury will be represented by a grain of mustard seed, on the circumference of a circle 164 feet in diameter for its orbit; Venus a pea, on a circle 284 feet in diameter; the Earth also a pea, on a circle of 430 feet; Mars a rather large pin's head, on a circle of 654 feet...