Recreations in Physical Geography: Or, The Earth as it is |
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... greater importance to mankind , than that of Physical Geography , and yet few , perhaps , have until within the last few years so little arrested popular attention . This is , however , a circumstance for which it is by no means ...
... greater importance to mankind , than that of Physical Geography , and yet few , perhaps , have until within the last few years so little arrested popular attention . This is , however , a circumstance for which it is by no means ...
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... greater portion being naturally confined within certain limits . By cultivation , man has been enabled to extend the natural limits of numerous species of plants , and to give them a wider range on the earth's surface . This , however ...
... greater portion being naturally confined within certain limits . By cultivation , man has been enabled to extend the natural limits of numerous species of plants , and to give them a wider range on the earth's surface . This , however ...
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... , and goodness : and if these are pursued with a proper spirit , he will learn that " the mind employed on that which is great , becomes itself greater . " 6 CHAPTER II . THE EARTH ; ITS POSITION IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY . 5.
... , and goodness : and if these are pursued with a proper spirit , he will learn that " the mind employed on that which is great , becomes itself greater . " 6 CHAPTER II . THE EARTH ; ITS POSITION IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY . 5.
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... greater or equatorial diameter is , therefore , 7926 miles , nearly , and the polar diameter about 7899 miles . The equatorial cir- cumference of the earth is a little less than 25,000 miles . Its The revolution of the earth on its axis ...
... greater or equatorial diameter is , therefore , 7926 miles , nearly , and the polar diameter about 7899 miles . The equatorial cir- cumference of the earth is a little less than 25,000 miles . Its The revolution of the earth on its axis ...
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... greater or 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 ...
... greater or 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 ...
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