Manual of Modern Geography, Mathematical, Physical and Political, on a New Plan Embracing a Complete Development of the River Systems of the GlobeW. Blackwood & sons, 1881 - 676 Seiten |
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... railway along the surface , an allowance must always be made for this difference , amounting to about 8 inches in the mile . By the investigations of H.M.S. Challenger and other expeditions , it is now ascertained that , contrary to all ...
... railway along the surface , an allowance must always be made for this difference , amounting to about 8 inches in the mile . By the investigations of H.M.S. Challenger and other expeditions , it is now ascertained that , contrary to all ...
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... railway cuttings a great variety of rocks is discernible ; but they may be all reduced to two principal kinds . They are either arranged in beds or layers , and hence known as stratified rocks ; or they are found in shapeless ...
... railway cuttings a great variety of rocks is discernible ; but they may be all reduced to two principal kinds . They are either arranged in beds or layers , and hence known as stratified rocks ; or they are found in shapeless ...
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... railways of Great Britain , would be greatly at fault if extended to the sister island . Comparative Position . - The_parallel of latitude which passes through Unst , in the extreme N. of the archipelago , proceeds east- ward through ...
... railways of Great Britain , would be greatly at fault if extended to the sister island . Comparative Position . - The_parallel of latitude which passes through Unst , in the extreme N. of the archipelago , proceeds east- ward through ...
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... railways that intersect the kingdom in all direc- tions , and enable the agriculturist to convey the produce of his farm to the best market , has also very powerfully contributed to bring about the same result . Estimating the area of ...
... railways that intersect the kingdom in all direc- tions , and enable the agriculturist to convey the produce of his farm to the best market , has also very powerfully contributed to bring about the same result . Estimating the area of ...
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... railways , and navigable rivers , by which her industrial products can be readily and cheaply conveyed to the seaboard . But perhaps the greatest physical advan- tage that Britain enjoys over other countries consists in the unrivalled ...
... railways , and navigable rivers , by which her industrial products can be readily and cheaply conveyed to the seaboard . But perhaps the greatest physical advan- tage that Britain enjoys over other countries consists in the unrivalled ...
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