The American School Geography: Embracing a General View of Mathematical, Physical, and Civil Geography ; Adapted to the Capacities of Children ; with an AtlasGould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1840 - 152 páginas |
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... most cheerfully subscribe . I shall do all in my power to have the American School Geog- raphy and Atlas used in the schools in this town , in preference to any other . Wishing you much success in your profession , and particularly in ...
... most cheerfully subscribe . I shall do all in my power to have the American School Geog- raphy and Atlas used in the schools in this town , in preference to any other . Wishing you much success in your profession , and particularly in ...
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... most populous part of Lower Canada consists of a fertile valley , through which the St. Lawrence flows . Rivers . The river St. Lawrence forms the most ... town in Canada , and the great emporium of the fur trade . UPPER CANADA Upper Canada ...
... most populous part of Lower Canada consists of a fertile valley , through which the St. Lawrence flows . Rivers . The river St. Lawrence forms the most ... town in Canada , and the great emporium of the fur trade . UPPER CANADA Upper Canada ...
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... Towns . YORK , the seat of government , is situated on the northwest side of Lake Ontario . Kingston , at the northeast end of Lake Ontario , is the largest town and the British naval station on the lake . NOVA SCOTIA . Nova Scotia is a ...
... Towns . YORK , the seat of government , is situated on the northwest side of Lake Ontario . Kingston , at the northeast end of Lake Ontario , is the largest town and the British naval station on the lake . NOVA SCOTIA . Nova Scotia is a ...
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... Towns . ST . JOHNS is the capital . Grand Bank . The shoals east of Newfoundland ... town of Cape Breton . NEW BRITAIN . This is the name of all the northern ... most northern region of the globe , but its northern limits have not been ...
... Towns . ST . JOHNS is the capital . Grand Bank . The shoals east of Newfoundland ... town of Cape Breton . NEW BRITAIN . This is the name of all the northern ... most northern region of the globe , but its northern limits have not been ...
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... Towns St. Pierre . Bridgetown . St. George . Port of Spain . Kingston . Scarborough ... largest and most important of the West Indies . HAVANNA is the capital ... town . QUESTIONS , ON THE MAP OF NORTH AMERICA , CONTINUED . Which way from ...
... Towns St. Pierre . Bridgetown . St. George . Port of Spain . Kingston . Scarborough ... largest and most important of the West Indies . HAVANNA is the capital ... town . QUESTIONS , ON THE MAP OF NORTH AMERICA , CONTINUED . Which way from ...
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Página 114 - If, therefore, the axis of the earth were perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, the...
Página 116 - If the axis of the earth were perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, there would be equal day and night all the year round.
Página 12 - The top of a map is North, the bottom South, the right hand East, the left hand West.
Página 92 - Himalayas in the north, the country stretches southwards and, at the Tropic of Cancer, tapers off into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west. Lying entirely in the northern hemisphere, the mainland extends between latitudes 8° 4' and 37° 6' north and longitudes 68° 7...
Página 14 - The Longitude of a place is its distance, east or west, from a given meridian. It is reckoned in degrees, minutes, and seconds, and cannot exceed 180°, or a semicircumference.
Página 120 - Turn the globe, and bring the place to the graduated edge of the brazen meridian ; and the degree on the meridian is the latitude north or south, as it may be on the north or south side of the equator.
Página 121 - If the places are in the same hemisphere, bring each to the meridian, and subtract the latitude of the one from that of the other : if in different hemispheres, add the latitude of the one to that of the other. Thus the difference of latitude between London and Madras is 38° 28' : between Paris and Cape Horn is 104° 49'.
Página 116 - ... and a close inspection of the figure by which it is illustrated, that the sun constantly shines on a portion of the earth equal to 90 degrees north, and 90 degrees south, from his place in the heavens, and, consequently, that he always enlightens 180 degrees, or one half of the earth.
Página 123 - PROBLEM X. — To find the Length of the Day and Night at any Time of the Year.
Página 13 - The AXIS of the earth is an imaginary line passing through its centre from north to south. The...