The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... morning Major Hotchkiss entertained the company with a description of the resources of the Valley of Virginia , his remarks being illustrated by free - hand sketches . The Cave of the Foun- tain was then visited , and , after presenting ...
... morning Major Hotchkiss entertained the company with a description of the resources of the Valley of Virginia , his remarks being illustrated by free - hand sketches . The Cave of the Foun- tain was then visited , and , after presenting ...
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... morning is frosty ; in the forenoon , mild and balmy ; in the afternoon , scorching , and in the evening , cool and delicious . On the Pacific slope of the Andes , reservoirs were constructed , from which irrigating canals watered the ...
... morning is frosty ; in the forenoon , mild and balmy ; in the afternoon , scorching , and in the evening , cool and delicious . On the Pacific slope of the Andes , reservoirs were constructed , from which irrigating canals watered the ...
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... morning until late at night until 1888 , when a law was passed finally emancipating 1,300,000 slaves . It was opposed by the planters , who said freedmen would not work , but would let the coffee and sugar plantations fall to ruin . It ...
... morning until late at night until 1888 , when a law was passed finally emancipating 1,300,000 slaves . It was opposed by the planters , who said freedmen would not work , but would let the coffee and sugar plantations fall to ruin . It ...
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... morning minimum is unusually large and the afternoon minimum so small as to disappear , while in continental types the reverse conditions obtain . Werner Von Siemens , in answering Sprung's criticism on his general air currents , after ...
... morning minimum is unusually large and the afternoon minimum so small as to disappear , while in continental types the reverse conditions obtain . Werner Von Siemens , in answering Sprung's criticism on his general air currents , after ...
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... morning , the true altitude of the sun was observed to be 16 ° 14 ′ 20 ′′ , and its inclination being 23 ° 11 ′ 30 ′′ and the latitude 59 ° 34 ′ 20 ′′ , the true azimuth of the sun from north to east was concluded to be 71 ° 43 ′ 0 ...
... morning , the true altitude of the sun was observed to be 16 ° 14 ′ 20 ′′ , and its inclination being 23 ° 11 ′ 30 ′′ and the latitude 59 ° 34 ′ 20 ′′ , the true azimuth of the sun from north to east was concluded to be 71 ° 43 ′ 0 ...
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