First Steps in General Knowledge, Volumes 1-2Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1847 - Astronomy |
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... flow side by side , so that one side of the stream is blue , the other white , or mud - coloured . Henry hoped he might go to Geneva some day , if it were only to see this curious sight . Little Robert wanted to know if there were any ...
... flow side by side , so that one side of the stream is blue , the other white , or mud - coloured . Henry hoped he might go to Geneva some day , if it were only to see this curious sight . Little Robert wanted to know if there were any ...
Page 77
... flow . " " If it cannot flow , it can move ; and this the whole glacier does at a slow and silent pace . " " Can people see it move as they look down into the valley ? " asked Mary . " No , they cannot see it move , nor can they feel it ...
... flow . " " If it cannot flow , it can move ; and this the whole glacier does at a slow and silent pace . " " Can people see it move as they look down into the valley ? " asked Mary . " No , they cannot see it move , nor can they feel it ...
Page 125
... flow with a constant stream . " Henry said , " it was odd that there should be hollow places under ground , and that when the water reached them , it should come up again to the top . " " You misunderstand me , " said his father ...
... flow with a constant stream . " Henry said , " it was odd that there should be hollow places under ground , and that when the water reached them , it should come up again to the top . " " You misunderstand me , " said his father ...
Page 134
... as the sources of rivers . Nevertheless , I must just mention to you , that there are many intermitting springs ; some of which flow in winter and in wet weather , and cease flowing 134 FIRST STEPS IN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE .
... as the sources of rivers . Nevertheless , I must just mention to you , that there are many intermitting springs ; some of which flow in winter and in wet weather , and cease flowing 134 FIRST STEPS IN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE .
Page 135
... flow during dry weather , and become much lessened in wet weather . A third sort ebb and flow frequently , and without any apparent connexion with the weather . Let us now glance at the map , and observe the course of rivers . You will ...
... flow during dry weather , and become much lessened in wet weather . A third sort ebb and flow frequently , and without any apparent connexion with the weather . Let us now glance at the map , and observe the course of rivers . You will ...
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appear Arctic ocean ashes Asia asked Henry asked Mary asked Robert atmosphere avalanches Azores basin beautiful bitumen blow burning mountains called Caspian sea cataracts clouds cold colours continent course crater danger deep desert distance earth earthquakes eruption extinct volcano fall flow frequently Geyser glacier grass ground Gulf Gulf of Mexico Gulf-stream hills hollow icebergs immense kind of lake land live Llanos look mamma marsh masses miles long mists moun mountain chains North ocean papa told pitch pitch lake plains quantity racter rain rainbow rapid regions remarked Henry replied his father rise river salt sand seen ships showers side sink slope snow soil sometimes soon South America springs storm stream SUBMARINE VOLCANO Sumbawa suppose surface tains tell trade-winds valleys vapour vast Vesuvius walk waves weight wind wonderful
Popular passages
Page 9 - Thou coveredst it with the deep As with a garment : The waters stood above the mountains. At Thy rebuke They fled ; At the voice of Thy thunder They hasted away.
Page 11 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 191 - O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Page 7 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so.
Page 200 - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Page 10 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 14 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 9 - They go up by the mountains; They go down by the valleys Unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Page 29 - They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters ; These men see the works of the LORD : and His wonders in the deep.
Page 201 - In his days shall the righteous flourish ; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.