The student's atlas of physical geography, by E. Weller, J. BryceWilliam Collins, Sons, 1871 |
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... Height of Mountains . II . Physical Map of Europe - shewing the Mountains and Rivers , High and Low Lands ; and indicating the Height of the Mountains , Depths of the Ocean , Direction and Velocity of the Ocean Currents , & c . III ...
... Height of Mountains . II . Physical Map of Europe - shewing the Mountains and Rivers , High and Low Lands ; and indicating the Height of the Mountains , Depths of the Ocean , Direction and Velocity of the Ocean Currents , & c . III ...
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... height , in different parts of the Earth , the varying force of gravity would be shewn in the most simple and satisfactory way ; but these differences escape the closest observation , and recourse is therefore had to the oscillations of ...
... height , in different parts of the Earth , the varying force of gravity would be shewn in the most simple and satisfactory way ; but these differences escape the closest observation , and recourse is therefore had to the oscillations of ...
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... heights , the triangles are not all in one plane , and the angles are not therefore horizontal angles , which they are required to be , since the lines and triangles are supposed to be on the surface of the sphere . They are reduced to ...
... heights , the triangles are not all in one plane , and the angles are not therefore horizontal angles , which they are required to be , since the lines and triangles are supposed to be on the surface of the sphere . They are reduced to ...
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... height of a mountain 2 miles high , and that the top B is just visible from the point D , 136 miles off . Then if we produce B C through the centre to A , draw the tangent B D , and join C D , A D , we have two similar triangles , since ...
... height of a mountain 2 miles high , and that the top B is just visible from the point D , 136 miles off . Then if we produce B C through the centre to A , draw the tangent B D , and join C D , A D , we have two similar triangles , since ...
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... height , and using a telescope , one can see the waves leaping up against the base of the rock . - To find the limit of the visible horizon in miles nearly , to the height of the eye in feet add half of that height , and take the square ...
... height , and using a telescope , one can see the waves leaping up against the base of the rock . - To find the limit of the visible horizon in miles nearly , to the height of the eye in feet add half of that height , and take the square ...
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16 Maps Africa Alps altitude America Antarctic Antarctic Circle Aral Sea Arctic Arctic Circle Asia Atlantic ATLAS Australia axis Baffins Bay basin beds Cape Caspian central centre chain Circle climate coast continent density desert direction distance Earth earthquakes east eastern Edw Weller elevation equator Europe fathoms Fcap feet Firth fossils GEOGRAPHY Glasgow globe Greenland Gulf Gulf Stream height highest hills Indian islands lake land latitude limestone Limit London & Glasgow lower meridian miles monsoon mountains northern hemisphere northwards Ocean Oolite Pacific parallel pass Physical Map plain plateau polar pole quadrupeds rain range reach Red Lion Squ regions ridges river rocks Sandstone shew shores side Silurian Snow Line southern species Spitzbergen Strait surface temperature tracts trees Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn valleys velocity volcanic William Collins wind World-shewing Yanteles zone