Proposed Expedition to Explore Ellesmere Land Northwest of Baffin Bay and to Rescue Björling and Kallstenius, Swedish Naturalists Lost in the ArcticGibson Bros., 1898 - 29 psl. |
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... Southern Hemisphere , is near the Equatorial line . Sweeping around upon a progressive axis , its centrifugal flight never ceases , until a circle is described , which marks a diameter of nearly 1,000 miles , moving ever in a direction ...
... Southern Hemisphere , is near the Equatorial line . Sweeping around upon a progressive axis , its centrifugal flight never ceases , until a circle is described , which marks a diameter of nearly 1,000 miles , moving ever in a direction ...
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... Southern New England consists essentially of a gently inclined plateau , rising to 1,400 or 1,600 feet above sea level in the rolling uplands of western Massachusetts and southwestern New Hampshire , and thence descending gradually ...
... Southern New England consists essentially of a gently inclined plateau , rising to 1,400 or 1,600 feet above sea level in the rolling uplands of western Massachusetts and southwestern New Hampshire , and thence descending gradually ...
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... southern New England and the plateau of the middle Rhine are thoroughly homologous , but certain significant differences between the two regions should be noted : The plateau of the middle Rhine is so extremely flat - topped that it ...
... southern New England and the plateau of the middle Rhine are thoroughly homologous , but certain significant differences between the two regions should be noted : The plateau of the middle Rhine is so extremely flat - topped that it ...
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... southern New England was before us . It is of course impossible in the limits of this address to give a full statement of the scheme of systematic geography , the ap- preciation of which seems to me essential in the desired explora ...
... southern New England was before us . It is of course impossible in the limits of this address to give a full statement of the scheme of systematic geography , the ap- preciation of which seems to me essential in the desired explora ...
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... southern New England . The upland with its residual mountains is the product of an earlier cycle ; the valleys are the work of a later cycle ; the glacial features may be referred merely to a short - lived climatic episode late in the ...
... southern New England . The upland with its residual mountains is the product of an earlier cycle ; the valleys are the work of a later cycle ; the glacial features may be referred merely to a short - lived climatic episode late in the ...
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9 psl. - That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast from the 56th degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned...
9 psl. - Greenwich,) the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the...
234 psl. - the western limits of the republic should be drawn, and the statue of the fabled god Terminus should be raised upon its highest peak, never to be thrown down.
3 psl. - Spanish galleons and the rich Spanish cities. Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, and other navigators, aided by Queen Elizabeth, with bands of buccaneers, refugees from all countries, though mostly Englishmen, explored the recesses of the Caribbean Sea. crossed the Isthmus of Panama, and launched their little vessels on the Pacific.
234 psl. - How are you going to apply steam ? Have you made anything like an estimate of the cost of a railroad running from here to the mouth of the Columbia?
11 psl. - Columbus were decked only at the prow and stern, and the three were manned by 120 men. The armada of Queen Elizabeth was formed of merchant vessels fitted up as men-of-war, and not until the time of Charles I were there any regular ships of war in England or, probably, in other countries. Commerce was usually carried on by companies, with rules regulating the quantity of goods to be exported, so that the market should not be over-stocked and unremunerative prices obtained.
234 psl. - Why, sir, of what use will this be for agricultural purposes ? I would not for that purpose give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish to God we did not own it.