Key to Pelton's Hemispheres: Designed as an Introduction to the Key to His Complete Series of Outline Maps, Arranged in Verse for Musical Recitations. To which is Added a Brief Description of the Present State of the WorldSower & Barnes, 1851 - 176 sidor |
Från bokens innehåll
Resultat 1-5 av 33
Sida 3
... bound- aries , giving a distinct and accurate view of each country on a large scale , sufficiently distinct to be seen and studied from the most distant parts of the school - room - and , in connection with the ADVERTISEMENT ...
... bound- aries , giving a distinct and accurate view of each country on a large scale , sufficiently distinct to be seen and studied from the most distant parts of the school - room - and , in connection with the ADVERTISEMENT ...
Sida 7
... bound plains Throughout all the year , There shall our fearless footsteps tread , Through scenes of darkness and of dread ; By love of Science led , E'en there we appear . 4 . And then we will go where the Mountain peaks hang o'er us ...
... bound plains Throughout all the year , There shall our fearless footsteps tread , Through scenes of darkness and of dread ; By love of Science led , E'en there we appear . 4 . And then we will go where the Mountain peaks hang o'er us ...
Sida 16
... bound the Torrid Zone Beneath a burning sky . Questions . - 72 . What are zones ? How many zones are there , and what are they called ? 73. What is the Torrid Zone ? Point it out on the map . How many de- grees N. of the Equator does it ...
... bound the Torrid Zone Beneath a burning sky . Questions . - 72 . What are zones ? How many zones are there , and what are they called ? 73. What is the Torrid Zone ? Point it out on the map . How many de- grees N. of the Equator does it ...
Sida 21
... bound , the Arctic waves , Its east , th ' Atlantic Ocean laves . The Gulf of Mexico we see Upon its southern boundary ; Its western and south - western sides Are washed by the Pacific tides . 2 . We shall proceed to tell you how This ...
... bound , the Arctic waves , Its east , th ' Atlantic Ocean laves . The Gulf of Mexico we see Upon its southern boundary ; Its western and south - western sides Are washed by the Pacific tides . 2 . We shall proceed to tell you how This ...
Sida 27
... bound . 2 . Lo ! Polar Sea , and then away Through Barrow'sStrait to Baffin'sBay ; In this same bay two sounds appear , Whose names are Smith's and Lancas- By Davis ' Strait , the Atlantic tide [ ter . To Baffin's waters is allied . The ...
... bound . 2 . Lo ! Polar Sea , and then away Through Barrow'sStrait to Baffin'sBay ; In this same bay two sounds appear , Whose names are Smith's and Lancas- By Davis ' Strait , the Atlantic tide [ ter . To Baffin's waters is allied . The ...
Vanliga ord och fraser
Africa Arctic Ocean Asia Atlantic Australia Bolivia bound Britain called Cape capital Caribbean Sea Cazembe channel chief town chiefly China Chinese CITIES AND TOWNS climate coast comprises Continent desert divided earth east eastern Empire Equator Europe extends feet fertile flows globe grand division Grenada Guatemala Guiana Guinea Gulf of Mexico harbor Hemisphere Hindostan Indian inhabitants interior Ireland Isle Khokand Lake land large island largest latitude Lower Guinea Malacca miles in length Mississippi Missouri mountains mouth Mozambique nearly North northern noted Ohio Pacific peninsula plains population prairies principal productions QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES Questions.-1 region rich river separates Russia Russian America shore Siberia situated soil South America south-east south-west southern extremity Southern or Antarctic Spain Square miles Strait stream surface Tartary temperature Territory Thibet tis my delight tributary Tropic Tropic of Capricorn Turkey volcano western winds zone
Populära avsnitt
Sida 135 - tis haunted, holy ground ; No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould, But one vast realm of wonder spreads around, And all the Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazing to behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon : Each hill and dale, each deepening glen and wold Defies the power which crush'd thy temples gone : Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.
Sida 136 - With all the gifts that heav'n and earth impart^ The smiles of nature and the charms of art, While proud oppression in her valleys reigns, And tyranny usurps her happy plains...
Sida 108 - They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why ; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty; A stubborn race, fearing and flattering none.
Sida 135 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his...
Sida 108 - But these are but their outcasts. View them near At home, where all their worth and pride is placed; And there their hospitable fires burn clear, And there the lowliest farm-house hearth is graced With manly hearts, in piety sincere, Faithful in love, in honor stern and chaste, In friendship warm and true, in danger brave, Beloved in life, and sainted in the grave.
Sida 109 - God hath set His rainbow on thy forehead : and the cloud Mantled around thy feet. And he doth give Thy voice of thunder, power to speak of him Eternally — bidding the lip of man Keep silence — and upon thy rocky altar pour Incense of awe-struck praise.
Sida 12 - The circumference of the earth is the greatest distance round it. 54. The earth is about 8,000 miles in diameter, and 25,000 in circumference. 55. .The axis of the earth is an imaginary* straight line, passing through its centre from North to South. 56. The poles of the earth are the two ends of its axis ; one is called the North Pole and the other the South 'Pole. 57. The earth has two motions : it revolvesf on its axis once every day, 'causing day and night — and moves round the Sun once every...
Sida 118 - There are everywhere apertures in this limestone, through which, the waters of the rivers sink into the earth. The large rivers of Kentucky, for this reason, are more diminished during the dry season than those of any part of the United States, and the small streams entirely disappear.
Sida 109 - FLOW on for ever, in thy glorious robe Of terror and of beauty. Yea, flow on Unfathom'd and resistless. God hath set His rainbow on thy forehead: and the cloud Mantled around thy feet. And he doth give Thy voice of thunder power to speak of Him Eternally — bidding the lip of man Keep silence — and upon thine altar pour Incense of awe-struck praise.
Sida 13 - A degree is 60 geographical, or 69J common or English miles ; 60 seconds make one minute, and 60 minutes or miles, one degree. 66. MERIDIANS are imaginary circles, extending North and South through the Poles of the earth, and intersecting the Equator at right angles. 67. LONGITUDE is distance East or West from any given meridian. It is marked in degrees on the Equator, or at the top and bottom of the map. 68. EAST LONGITUDE is distance East of any given meridian. 69. WEST LONGITUDE is distance West...