A System of Questions in Geography: Adapted to Any Modern Atlas : Embracing Geographical Definitions, Introduction to the Use of the Terrestrial Globe, and Ancient GeographyKiggins & Kellogg, 1854 - 189 pages |
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... miles , and chief towns , are omitted ; because the population is constantly changing ; the square miles are not easily remembered , and are not of sufficient con- sequence to warrant the expense of time consumed in committing them ...
... miles , and chief towns , are omitted ; because the population is constantly changing ; the square miles are not easily remembered , and are not of sufficient con- sequence to warrant the expense of time consumed in committing them ...
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... miles . Q. What is this called ? A. Its circumference . Q. What is the distance through it ? A. Nearly eight thousand miles . Q. What is this called ? A. Its diameter . Q. How many motions has the earth ? A. Two . Q. What are they ? A ...
... miles . Q. What is this called ? A. Its circumference . Q. What is the distance through it ? A. Nearly eight thousand miles . Q. What is this called ? A. Its diameter . Q. How many motions has the earth ? A. Two . Q. What are they ? A ...
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... miles every minute . Q. What is the Axis of the earth ? A. An imaginary line passing through its centre from North to South . Q. What are the Poles of the earth ? A. The ends of the axis . Q. How many poles are there ? A. Two the North ...
... miles every minute . Q. What is the Axis of the earth ? A. An imaginary line passing through its centre from North to South . Q. What are the Poles of the earth ? A. The ends of the axis . Q. How many poles are there ? A. Two the North ...
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... miles . Q. How wide is it ? A. Three thousand miles . What gulf east of Mexico ? What gulf between Mexico and California ? What gulf west of Newfoundland ? What bay and strait separate Greenland from North America ? What bay south of ...
... miles . Q. How wide is it ? A. Three thousand miles . What gulf east of Mexico ? What gulf between Mexico and California ? What gulf west of Newfoundland ? What bay and strait separate Greenland from North America ? What bay south of ...
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... miles . What is a Volcano ? Where is the River Para ? What lake in the north - western part of Venezuela ? M. What lake between Peru and Bolivia ? Where is Salt Lake ? What division in South America belongs to three different nations ...
... miles . What is a Volcano ? Where is the River Para ? What lake in the north - western part of Venezuela ? M. What lake between Peru and Bolivia ? Where is Salt Lake ? What division in South America belongs to three different nations ...
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Africa ancient name Asia Atlantic Berbera Black Sea Blanco border bounded called Cape Colony capital Carolina Caspian Sea channel Chesapeake Bay City cluster of islands coast degree of latitude Delaware desert direction earth Empire equator Europe extends farther north Fezzan Florida following islands following lakes following rivers following towns Greece Gulf of Mexico gulf south Hindostan Indians inhabited Inlet Ireland island east island south-east Isles Isthmus Italy kingdom land large river largest longitude Lower Guinea Lubec meridian miles Milwaukie Mississippi Missouri Mount mouth Mozambique New-Jersey New-Orleans New-York Newfoundland north-east north-west north-western northern boundary northern cape noted Ocean Ohio Patagonia peninsula Port Prince principal river river flows river forms river rises river separates rivers empty Russia sail Salt Santa Sardinia Siberia South America south-west southern extremity strait separates Tartary Terra del Fuego territory three rivers town situated Truxillo Turkey United Wales Washington western
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Page 141 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 133 - ... future more discouraging than in the summer of 1850. The revolutionary war of 1848, that had swept over the country from the lagoons of Venice to the extremities of Sicily, had receded, and left nothing but defeat and disappointment behind. Italy at that time comprised the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the States of the Church, the grand duchy of Tuscany, the duchies of Parma and Modena, the LombardoVenetian territory and the kingdom of Piedmont or Sardinia.
Page 184 - Bring the place, where the hour is given, to the brass meridian, and set the index...
Page 46 - The word zone signifies a belt or girdle ; and these divisions are called zones, because they encompass the earth like a girdle. Q. How many Zones are there ? A. There are five zones — one torrid, — two temperate, — and two frigid zones. Q. What part of the earth's surface does th
Page 78 - The whole floor of tne cave is covered with Epsom salt, sometimes in lumps of ten pounds weight, and of the purest quality. About a mile and a half within the cave is a white column of satin spar, fifteen feet in diameter, and thirty feet high, regularly fluted from top to bottom.
Page 184 - To find the distance between any two places on the globe. Lay the graduated edge of the quadrant of altitude over both the places and count the number of degrees intercepted between them; which being multiplied by 60 for geographical, or t;9r'n for English miles, will give the distance required.
Page 48 - The judicial power is vested in one Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time establish.
Page 2 - In the year 1850, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Clerk's Office for the Southern District of New York. PREFACE THE...
Page 44 - ... that lie on the left hand side, are in west longitude. Or, if the figures on the top and bottom of the map increase from left to right, the longitude is east ; if from right to left, the longitude is west. Point to the meridian that passes through Washington, on the Map of the United States, and tell me how this is marked on the top of the map. Why is it marked 0 ? A.
Page 7 - ... peninsulas. 55 What is an Isthmus ? A. A narrow neck of land,, which joins two parts of a continent, or a peninsula to a continent; as the Isthmus of Darien, and the Isthmus of Suez.