The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 42
... positions almost diametrically opposed to those originally assumed . The generally accepted theory as to cyclones attributes their initiatory formation to an unequal distribution of temperature with resulting mean diminution of pressure ...
... positions almost diametrically opposed to those originally assumed . The generally accepted theory as to cyclones attributes their initiatory formation to an unequal distribution of temperature with resulting mean diminution of pressure ...
Page 52
... position of the long axis , definite conclusions can be drawn as to the subsequent shape of the elliptical twenty- degree temperature - fall area and its position . A method has been devised , also by Professor Russell , for de ...
... position of the long axis , definite conclusions can be drawn as to the subsequent shape of the elliptical twenty- degree temperature - fall area and its position . A method has been devised , also by Professor Russell , for de ...
Page 54
... Position of Mount St. Elias Appendix A - Official Instructions governing the Expedition Appendix B - Report on topographic Work ; by Mark B. Kerr Appendix C - Report on auriferous Sands from Yakutat Bay ; by J. Stanley - Brown Appendix ...
... Position of Mount St. Elias Appendix A - Official Instructions governing the Expedition Appendix B - Report on topographic Work ; by Mark B. Kerr Appendix C - Report on auriferous Sands from Yakutat Bay ; by J. Stanley - Brown Appendix ...
Page 63
... position of the anchorage was approximately de- termined . The map resulting from these surveys , the first ever made of any portion of Yakutat bay , is reproduced on a reduced scale as plate 4 . At the time of Dixon's voyage , the ...
... position of the anchorage was approximately de- termined . The map resulting from these surveys , the first ever made of any portion of Yakutat bay , is reproduced on a reduced scale as plate 4 . At the time of Dixon's voyage , the ...
Page 64
... position of Yakutat bay . Spain , in particular , after three hundred years of exploration and discovery in all parts of the world , was still anxious to extend her conquests , and , if possible , to discover the long - sought ...
... position of Yakutat bay . Spain , in particular , after three hundred years of exploration and discovery in all parts of the world , was still anxious to extend her conquests , and , if possible , to discover the long - sought ...
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Agassiz glacier Alaska Amazon appears avalanches base beneath Bering Bering island Bering's Blossom island border camp canoe carts chart Coast and Geodetic crest crevasses débris dense Disenchantment bay eastern elevation Elias range Elias region expedition exploration feet flows formed Geodetic Survey GEOG Geological Survey glacial Haenke island height Hitchcock range ice-streams Icy bay indicated Kamshatka Kerr l'Isle l'Isle's lake land longitude lower Lucia glacier Malaspina glacier margin Marvine glacier melting miles moraines Mount Augusta Mount Cook Mount Owen Mount St NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC National Geographic Society névé night observations peaks Pinnacle system plateau Port Mulgrave portion reached ridge river rocks route rugged Russian sandstone Seward glacier shale shore side slope snow snow-fields southern southward steep stones storm stream Street summit surface tent terrace tion topographic tunnel valley vegetation voyage western westward Yakutat bay Yakutat system