The rudiments of physical geography for the use of Indian schoolsMacmillan, 1874 - 169 стор. |
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... Calcutta editions , treating of the Physical Structure and Climate of India , will be treated at greater length in a separate work to be published hereafter . LONDON , 1874 H. F. B. PREFATORY NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION . THE motive which.
... Calcutta editions , treating of the Physical Structure and Climate of India , will be treated at greater length in a separate work to be published hereafter . LONDON , 1874 H. F. B. PREFATORY NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION . THE motive which.
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... Calcutta University for the year 1872-73- " That in the opinion of this Meeting it is very desirable that elementary text - books , treating of the Natural Sciences , be prepared specially for teaching these subjects to Indian students ...
... Calcutta University for the year 1872-73- " That in the opinion of this Meeting it is very desirable that elementary text - books , treating of the Natural Sciences , be prepared specially for teaching these subjects to Indian students ...
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... Calcutta ; if it is sunset when the signalling clerk in Calcutta is sending the message , it is sunrise in America to the clerk there who is receiving it . Again , ships often sail right round the world , going always to the east , and ...
... Calcutta ; if it is sunset when the signalling clerk in Calcutta is sending the message , it is sunrise in America to the clerk there who is receiving it . Again , ships often sail right round the world , going always to the east , and ...
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... smoke is generally mixed with the fog ; but this is not the case when it forms over an open plain , such as the Calcutta maidán , or over tanks , jhíls , and marshy places , far away from houses . 11. ] RAIN , HAIL , AND SNOW . 25.
... smoke is generally mixed with the fog ; but this is not the case when it forms over an open plain , such as the Calcutta maidán , or over tanks , jhíls , and marshy places , far away from houses . 11. ] RAIN , HAIL , AND SNOW . 25.
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... Calcutta about nine in the morning in May , were to rise from the ground , it would be cooled to the temperature of ice by ascending 9,100 feet or to about 2,000 feet above Darjiling . In ascending mountains , the higher we go the ...
... Calcutta about nine in the morning in May , were to rise from the ground , it would be cooled to the temperature of ice by ascending 9,100 feet or to about 2,000 feet above Darjiling . In ascending mountains , the higher we go the ...
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Сторінка 52 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For tho' my lips may breathe adieu, I cannot think the thing farewell.
Сторінка 67 - The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time; and while we listened with earnestness and admiration to the philosopher who was now unfolding to us the order and series of these wonderful events, we became sensible how much farther reason may sometimes go than imagination can venture to follow.
Сторінка 92 - had the primeval world been constructed as it now exists, time enough has elapsed, and force enough directed to that end has been in activity, to have long ago destroyed every vestige of land.
Сторінка 119 - What is this murmur ? Is it the sound of cannon in the distance ? Is Gandgarh bellowing? Is it thunder?' Suddenly some one cried out, ' The river's come.' And I looked and perceived that all the dry channels were already filled, and that the river was racing down furiously in an absolute wall of mud, for it had not at all the colour or appearance of water.
Сторінка 119 - Khan. Part of the force was at that moment in hot pursuit, or the ruin would have been wider. The rest ran, some to large trees, which were all soon uprooted and borne away ; others to rocks, which were speedily buried beneath the waters. Only they escaped who took at once to the mountain side. About 500 of these troops were at once swept to destruction.