Recreations in Physical Geography; or, The Earth as it is |
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... less liable shall we be to meet with failure . Almost every region of the globe is provided with vege- table productions , all of which require certain conditions to arrive at perfection . Thus , some will thrive in a moist , some in a ...
... less liable shall we be to meet with failure . Almost every region of the globe is provided with vege- table productions , all of which require certain conditions to arrive at perfection . Thus , some will thrive in a moist , some in a ...
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... less , too considerable with respect to ourselves , to admit of our forming any judgment of the whole . But with the surface of the sea , the case is otherwise ; if we stand upon the sea - shore , we observe the surface of the ocean ...
... less , too considerable with respect to ourselves , to admit of our forming any judgment of the whole . But with the surface of the sea , the case is otherwise ; if we stand upon the sea - shore , we observe the surface of the ocean ...
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... less than 25,000 miles . The revolution of the earth on its axis is performed in a natural day , or , more correctly speaking , once in 231 56 ′ 4 ′′ ; any point on its equator having a rotatory motion of more than 1000 miles per hour ...
... less than 25,000 miles . The revolution of the earth on its axis is performed in a natural day , or , more correctly speaking , once in 231 56 ′ 4 ′′ ; any point on its equator having a rotatory motion of more than 1000 miles per hour ...
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... less consolidated , or hardened into solid rock ; such are sandstones , clays , limestones , & c . Igneous rocks are such as appear to have been formed through the agency of heat , by the melting down or fusion of the materials of which ...
... less consolidated , or hardened into solid rock ; such are sandstones , clays , limestones , & c . Igneous rocks are such as appear to have been formed through the agency of heat , by the melting down or fusion of the materials of which ...
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... less degree , in a state of perpetual change . Within this wide great universe Nothing doth firme and permanent appeare , But all things tost and turnéd by transverse . Water is a very powerful and active agent in altering and variously ...
... less degree , in a state of perpetual change . Within this wide great universe Nothing doth firme and permanent appeare , But all things tost and turnéd by transverse . Water is a very powerful and active agent in altering and variously ...
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