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Grammar-School Geography: Physical, Political, and Commercial William Swinton No preview available - 2013 |
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Africa agriculture Albany Arctic ARCTIC CIRCLE Asia Atlantic Atlantic Ocean Australia Baffin Bay base-line Bering British Canal Cape capital Central Chief Cities circle climate coal coast colony Colorado commerce Continent cotton county seat draw east eastern Empire England Equator Erie Europe exports extends Falls feet Geography grand divisions Gulf Gulf of Mexico Hudson Indian Indies iron islands ISLES Isthmus Kansas Kongo Lake land largest city Longitude lumber manufactures meridian Mexico Mississippi Missouri monarchy Mountains Name Noon North Latitude northern Ocean Ohio Ontario Pacific Ocean Peak peninsula Plain plateau population Port principal principal meridian pron railroad region Republic rice river flows SCALE OF MILES seaport South America southern square miles Strait sugar surface Temperate territory tobacco township tributaries TROPIC OF CANCER Tropic of Capricorn United valley Washington west from Greenwich western wheat York Zone
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Page 2 - A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the Centre.
Page 2 - PERIPHERY of a circle is its entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 12 - Greenwich, and latitude 33° 22 57" north, and governs the public surveys in the Territory of Arizona. The Indian meridian intersects the base-line at Fort Arbuckle, Indian Territory, in longitude 97° 15' 56" west from Greenwich, latitude 34° 31' north, and governs the surveys in that Territory, APPENDIX F.
Page 12 - Tallahassee meridian, in longitude 84° 18' west from Greenwich, runs due north and south from the point of intersection with the base-line at Tallahassee, and governs the surveys in Florida. The Saint Stephen's meridian, longitude 88° 02...
Page 12 - Bernardino, latitude 34° 06' north, and governs the surveys in southern California lying east of the meridian, and that part of the surveys situated west of it which are south of the eighth standard parallel south of the Mount Diablo base-line. The Humboldt meridian, longitude 124° n' west from Greenwich, intersects the principal base-line on the summit of Mount Pierce, in latitude 40° 25...
Page 12 - Choctaw meridian, longitude 89° 10' 30" west from Greenwich, passes two miles west of the town of Jackson, in the State of Mississippi, starting from the base-line twenty-nine miles south of Jackson, and terminating on the south boundary of the Chickasaw cession, controlling the surveys east and west of the meridian and north of the base. The Washington meridian, longitude 91° 05...
Page 12 - Minnesota, governing all the surveys in the former and those in the latter State lying east of the Mississippi and the third guide meridian (west of the fifth principal meridian) north of the river. The fifth principal meridian starts from the mouth of the Arkansas River, and, with a common base-line running due west from the mouth of the Saint Francis...
Page 12 - Mexico meridian, longitude 106° 52' 09" west from Greenwich, intersects the principal base-line on the Rio Grande del Norte, about ten miles below the mouth of the Puerco River, on the parallel of 34° 19...
Page 11 - River, in latitude 38° 58' 12" north and longitude 90° 29' 56" west from Greenwich, and governs the surveys in Illinois west of the Illinois River and west of the third principal meridian lying north of the river. It also extends due north through Wisconsin and northeastern Minnesota, governing all the surveys in the former and those in the latter State lying east of the Mississippi and the third guide meridian (west of the fifth principal meridian) north of the river. The fifth principal meridian...
Page 12 - Lake meridian, longitude 1 1 1° 53' 47" west from Greenwich, intersects the base-line at the corner of Temple Block, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on the parallel of 40° 46' 04' north latitude, and governs the surveys in the Territory of Utah.