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... English it is common to write for it watershed . 12. ESTUARY . The mouth of a river , especially when it is wide so that the tide of salt water can run up it , is called an estuary . Thus the upper portion of the Bristol 2 [ SECT ...
... English it is common to write for it watershed . 12. ESTUARY . The mouth of a river , especially when it is wide so that the tide of salt water can run up it , is called an estuary . Thus the upper portion of the Bristol 2 [ SECT ...
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... it cuts the equator , we can read off the longitude of New York to be 73 ° 58 ′ west of Greenwich . Note that the position of our prime meridian may be taken at pleasure ; the English use the meridian of Greenwich 6 [ SECT . GEOGRAPHY .
... it cuts the equator , we can read off the longitude of New York to be 73 ° 58 ′ west of Greenwich . Note that the position of our prime meridian may be taken at pleasure ; the English use the meridian of Greenwich 6 [ SECT . GEOGRAPHY .
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... English atlas , though the latitude is the same in both . Note also that , as the globe is a sphere very nearly indeed , 10 ° of latitude taken anywhere on the globe are equal in length to 10 degrees of longitude measured along the ...
... English atlas , though the latitude is the same in both . Note also that , as the globe is a sphere very nearly indeed , 10 ° of latitude taken anywhere on the globe are equal in length to 10 degrees of longitude measured along the ...
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... English ships in order to reach China have to sail round the Cape of Good Hope . If they could cross the Arctic Ocean and pass through Behring's straits the distance would be greatly shortened . This route is celebrated as the North ...
... English ships in order to reach China have to sail round the Cape of Good Hope . If they could cross the Arctic Ocean and pass through Behring's straits the distance would be greatly shortened . This route is celebrated as the North ...
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Charles Baron Clarke. that route , the English government have despatched many expeditions . The most memorable was that sent in A.D. 1845 under Sir John Franklin , and which never returned : it was only ascertained many years afterwards ...
Charles Baron Clarke. that route , the English government have despatched many expeditions . The most memorable was that sent in A.D. 1845 under Sir John Franklin , and which never returned : it was only ascertained many years afterwards ...
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