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THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL GEOG ROYAL PHICAL 1830 SOCIETY VOL . LXVIII . - JULY TO DECEMBER 1926 LONDON THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY KENSINGTON GORE S.W.7 EDWARD STANFORD , LTD . 12 LONG ACRE W.C. 2 and 29 CHARING CROSS S.W. I 1926 ...
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL GEOG ROYAL PHICAL 1830 SOCIETY VOL . LXVIII . - JULY TO DECEMBER 1926 LONDON THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY KENSINGTON GORE S.W.7 EDWARD STANFORD , LTD . 12 LONG ACRE W.C. 2 and 29 CHARING CROSS S.W. I 1926 ...
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... Edward A. Reeves . Chief Clerk . C. R. Mobberley . Bankers - The Bank of Liverpool and Martins , Ltd. ( Cocks , Biddulph Branch ) , 43 , Charing Cross , S.W.1 . CONDITIONS OF FELLOWSHIP , & c . The object of Royal Geographical Society .
... Edward A. Reeves . Chief Clerk . C. R. Mobberley . Bankers - The Bank of Liverpool and Martins , Ltd. ( Cocks , Biddulph Branch ) , 43 , Charing Cross , S.W.1 . CONDITIONS OF FELLOWSHIP , & c . The object of Royal Geographical Society .
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... Royal Geographical Society : Session 1925-1926 Мар . Map to illustrate " The Conquest of Mt. Logan , " by H. F. Lambart 27 43 48 58 62 72 73 77 90 95 96 following 96 No. 2 . August 1926 . Address at the Anniversary General Meeting , 21 ...
... Royal Geographical Society : Session 1925-1926 Мар . Map to illustrate " The Conquest of Mt. Logan , " by H. F. Lambart 27 43 48 58 62 72 73 77 90 95 96 following 96 No. 2 . August 1926 . Address at the Anniversary General Meeting , 21 ...
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... Royal Geographical Society : Session 1925-1926 Мар . Map to illustrate " The Geography of the Mosul Boundary , " by Major Lloyd No. 3 . . 175 following 192 September 1926 . Purchas and his ' Pilgrimes . ' Sir William Foster , C.I.E. ...
... Royal Geographical Society : Session 1925-1926 Мар . Map to illustrate " The Geography of the Mosul Boundary , " by Major Lloyd No. 3 . . 175 following 192 September 1926 . Purchas and his ' Pilgrimes . ' Sir William Foster , C.I.E. ...
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... R.G.S .. The Landfall of Columbus The Scott Tragedy : Review . R. E. Priestley An Agricultural Atlas : Review . C. B. F. . U - shaped Mountain and Fold Line : Review . J. W. Gregory Reviews : - Prehistoric London - A Wayfarer in ...
... R.G.S .. The Landfall of Columbus The Scott Tragedy : Review . R. E. Priestley An Agricultural Atlas : Review . C. B. F. . U - shaped Mountain and Fold Line : Review . J. W. Gregory Reviews : - Prehistoric London - A Wayfarer in ...
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Page 367 - When on board HMS Beagle, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent.
Page iv - All Subscriptions are payable in advance, on the 1st of January in each year. The privileges of a Fellow include admission (with one Friend) to all ordinary Meetings of the Society, and the use of the Society's House, Library and Map-room. Each Fellow is also entitled to receive a copy of all the Society's Periodical Publications. Copies of the Year Book, Regulations, and Candidates' Certificates may be had on application at the Society's House, Kensington Gore, London, SW 7.
Page 376 - The above various special studies were, however, of no importance compared with the habit of energetic industry and of concentrated attention to whatever I was engaged in, which I then acquired. Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear directly on what I had seen and was likely to see; and this habit of mind was continued during the five years of the voyage.
Page iv - ... exploration. Candidates for admission into the Society must be proposed and seconded by Fellows, and it is necessary that the description and residence of such candidates should be clearly stated on their Certificates. It is provided by Chapter V...
Page 269 - No drearier task can be set for the worst of criminals than that of studying a set of geographical text-books such as the children in our schools are doomed to use.
Page 454 - Mungo Park 1795 and Richard Lander 1830, who traced the course of the Niger from near its source to the sea. Both died in Africa for Africa.
Page 194 - Governor before they were carried out of the house. Later, in October, 1624, he begged for the loan of a further journal, and this was accorded upon his giving a receipt for it and undertaking to return it without undue delay. It is time now to look at the work itself. According to the original plan, the first...
Page 248 - The creation of large industrial centres with workers completely divorced from food production would be an entire innovation of very doubtful desirability : it appears most unlikely to occur. The African man, and still more the woman, is firmly attached to the soil, and the whole fabric of social organisation is based upon the right to cultivate...
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Page 162 - Illustrations. 30j. net. In the extract from the preface of the first edition we read that this volume " is intended to cover the requirements in Geology as now defined for Engineering, Mining and Agricultural Schools and Colleges." The subject-matter is treated in the conventional way, and is clearly and interestingly presented. The volume covers a wide range of subjects, and this is perhaps its main disadvantage, because it naturally follows that the treatment is often rather dogmatic. We agree...