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... chiefly westerly . In the North Atlantic they are chiefly from the S.W .; and the effect is , that a sailing vessel which takes forty days from Liverpool to New York can make its return voyage in twenty - three days . South of the equa ...
... chiefly westerly . In the North Atlantic they are chiefly from the S.W .; and the effect is , that a sailing vessel which takes forty days from Liverpool to New York can make its return voyage in twenty - three days . South of the equa ...
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... chiefly by the action of winds and of the solar heat on the surface of the earth ; and the more intense this action is , the greater becomes the quantity of moisture that rises into the atmosphere . When the air has received as much ...
... chiefly by the action of winds and of the solar heat on the surface of the earth ; and the more intense this action is , the greater becomes the quantity of moisture that rises into the atmosphere . When the air has received as much ...
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... chiefly of land plants , of a greatly higher order than those found in the up- permost beds of the Silurian . Upwards of ten years ago , the author of this Manual discovered several huge calamites in the lowermost strata of the Old Red ...
... chiefly of land plants , of a greatly higher order than those found in the up- permost beds of the Silurian . Upwards of ten years ago , the author of this Manual discovered several huge calamites in the lowermost strata of the Old Red ...
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... chiefly confined to South Wales and the valley of the Tyne . In Scotland they form a broad belt across the country from the coast of Ayrshire to Fife . Ireland is not rich in coal , all her coal - fields being situated in the ...
... chiefly confined to South Wales and the valley of the Tyne . In Scotland they form a broad belt across the country from the coast of Ayrshire to Fife . Ireland is not rich in coal , all her coal - fields being situated in the ...
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... chiefly of preparations of chalk and flint . The former , which consists of carbonate of lime , is employed by the farmer , bricklayer , and plasterer ; while the latter , when calcined , is largely used in the manufacture of flint ...
... chiefly of preparations of chalk and flint . The former , which consists of carbonate of lime , is employed by the farmer , bricklayer , and plasterer ; while the latter , when calcined , is largely used in the manufacture of flint ...
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Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political Alexander Mackay Vista completa - 1861 |
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