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Ogden made an oral communication on “ The yeographic position of Mount St. Elias , " illustrated by a chart exhibiting the position of St. Elias , Icy bay , Yakutat bay , and the adjacent coast as determined ( 1 ) from various surveys ...
Ogden made an oral communication on “ The yeographic position of Mount St. Elias , " illustrated by a chart exhibiting the position of St. Elias , Icy bay , Yakutat bay , and the adjacent coast as determined ( 1 ) from various surveys ...
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The isobars and isotherms for each month in the year for the whole earth are charted on Mercator's projection , and for the northern hemisphere on a chart constructed on a polar projection . In connection with an abstruse subject ...
The isobars and isotherms for each month in the year for the whole earth are charted on Mercator's projection , and for the northern hemisphere on a chart constructed on a polar projection . In connection with an abstruse subject ...
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In Pomortsew's treatise on synoptic meteorology , published in Russia , there are full chapters on prediction of weather , whether from synoptic charts , from observations at a single place , or from prognostics of great length based on ...
In Pomortsew's treatise on synoptic meteorology , published in Russia , there are full chapters on prediction of weather , whether from synoptic charts , from observations at a single place , or from prognostics of great length based on ...
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... in which we are specially interested , was next seen by the celebrated French navigator , J. F. G. de la Pérouse , in command of the frigates La Boussole and L'Astrolabe , on June 23 , 1786 . The chart showing the route ...
... in which we are specially interested , was next seen by the celebrated French navigator , J. F. G. de la Pérouse , in command of the frigates La Boussole and L'Astrolabe , on June 23 , 1786 . The chart showing the route ...
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It is evident that the French navigator made an error in his identification , as the inlet designated as Bering's bay on his chart corresponds with that now known as Dry bay . On the maps referred to , a stream is represented as ...
It is evident that the French navigator made an error in his identification , as the inlet designated as Bering's bay on his chart corresponds with that now known as Dry bay . On the maps referred to , a stream is represented as ...
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