Elementary Course in Geography: Designed for Primary and Intermediate Grades, and as a Complete Shorter Course |
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Page 22 - ... because it is a round object; the word hemi means half; so half of the earth is a hemisphere. The equator divides the earth into two hemispheres or half spheres, as you might divide an orange into two hemispheres by tying a string round the middle. The half between the equator and the north pole is the northern hemisphere : the other half, between the equator and the south pole, is the southern hemisphere. Questions on Lessons IX. and XI. 1. What is the earth's axis ? — An imaginary line upon...
Page 133 - ... the South. The Arctic and Atlantic coast-lines are nearly straight in their general direction, while the Pacific coast-line is curved. Points of Coincidence. — The position of Point Barrow is determined by the northern angle of the diagram; Cape Charles by the eastern angle; Port of Guatemala by the southern angle ; Bay of San Francisco by the western angle ; and the western extremity of Alaska Peninsula by the north-western angle. * Drawing the Map.— Arctic Coati.
Page 3 - ... Islands, and the Southern United States of America. Moreton Bay and the northern parts of Australia are admirably suited, both in soil and climate, to sugar culture. Manufacture of Sugar. — When the cane is ripe, it is cut down, deprived of its top and leaves, cut up into convenient lengths, tied up in bundles, and taken to the mill. Here the canes are crushed between iron rollers, the juice from them flowing into vessels, where it is boiled with the addition of lime, and evaporated to the...
Page 21 - TT will be clear from what has gone before that the daily *• movement of the stars is an apparent one due to the real movement of the earth in an exactly opposite direction, and that the stars in the heavens appear to rise in the east and set in the west, because the earth rotates from west to east.
Page 8 - A map is a representation of a portion of the earth's surface on a convenient scale to show the relative points and natural features of the earth.
Page 23 - The latitude of a place is its distance in degrees north ( + ) or south (—) from the equator. As an example, the longitude of the US Naval Observatory in Washington, DC is +5 hours 8 minutes, or + 77°, and its latitude is + 38° 55'.
Page 2 - ... bushes were full of ripened fruit. Get me a coffee bean, Ralph. You see this kernel; it has a flat side. Now, there was a twin grain that fitted this one, and the two, as they grew on the bush, were shut up in a soft red pulp like a cherry. The negroes gather these berries in deep baskets, and lay them on large flat stones, where the grains are spread out to dry after the red juicy part is rubbed off. In Brazil there are thousands of these plantations, where great quantities of the dried coffee...
Page 134 - G to F, from F to A, from A to E, and from E to B, and divide the lines FA, AE, and EB each into three equal parts. General Form. — South America in its general form is wedge-shaped, — being wide toward the north and narrow toward the south. Its coast-line is simple, and deviates but little from the lines of the diagram. The length of the Continent from north to south is 4,500 miles. Points of Coincidence. — The position of the Peninsula of...