The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 38
... extended period . The question raised is not a new one , but , considered in the light of the statistics presented , seems to involve the problem of the improvement of the river with increasing difficulties . General Greely's figures ...
... extended period . The question raised is not a new one , but , considered in the light of the statistics presented , seems to involve the problem of the improvement of the river with increasing difficulties . General Greely's figures ...
Page 48
... . Indeed , to all interested in costly structures or extended works liable to harm from wind pressures , the factor of safety is Investigations in the U. S. Signal Office . 49 a 48 A. W. Greely - Geography of the Air .
... . Indeed , to all interested in costly structures or extended works liable to harm from wind pressures , the factor of safety is Investigations in the U. S. Signal Office . 49 a 48 A. W. Greely - Geography of the Air .
Page 50
... extend to even lower temperatures , the observations of Regnault as to the pressure of aqueous vapor at low temperatures , especial at- tention being given to temperature conditions from 0 ° centigrade to 50 ° centigrade . These ...
... extend to even lower temperatures , the observations of Regnault as to the pressure of aqueous vapor at low temperatures , especial at- tention being given to temperature conditions from 0 ° centigrade to 50 ° centigrade . These ...
Page 64
... extend her conquests , and , if possible , to discover the long - sought " Northwest passage . " Two of her ships , the Des- cubierta and Atrevida , were then at Acapulco , in command of Don Alejandro Malaspina , who was engaged in a ...
... extend her conquests , and , if possible , to discover the long - sought " Northwest passage . " Two of her ships , the Des- cubierta and Atrevida , were then at Acapulco , in command of Don Alejandro Malaspina , who was engaged in a ...
Page 65
... extend N. 55 ° E. about a league . " * These observations confirm those made by Malaspina and in- dicated on the chart reproduced on plate 7 , where the ice front is represented as reaching as far south as Haenke island . The evidence ...
... extend N. 55 ° E. about a league . " * These observations confirm those made by Malaspina and in- dicated on the chart reproduced on plate 7 , where the ice front is represented as reaching as far south as Haenke island . The evidence ...
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