First Steps in General Knowledge, Volumes 1-2Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1847 - Astronomy |
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... ships , " remarked Henry . " And yet it would be pleasanter for the people in them , if the waters were not so very disagreeable to taste . I would quite as soon take a draught of bitter medicine as a glass of salt water . Is the whole ...
... ships , " remarked Henry . " And yet it would be pleasanter for the people in them , if the waters were not so very disagreeable to taste . I would quite as soon take a draught of bitter medicine as a glass of salt water . Is the whole ...
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... ships fall in with this current , " said Mary , " they go along nicely , without any trouble ? " " You would naturally think so , ” said her father , " and so did our ship - owners , when first they heard about the Gulf - stream . As ...
... ships fall in with this current , " said Mary , " they go along nicely , without any trouble ? " " You would naturally think so , ” said her father , " and so did our ship - owners , when first they heard about the Gulf - stream . As ...
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... ships . " " But if people know where these whirlpools are , papa , why do they not keep as far away from them as possible ? " said Robert . " Because they are not always able to do so 18 FIRST STEPS IN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE .
... ships . " " But if people know where these whirlpools are , papa , why do they not keep as far away from them as possible ? " said Robert . " Because they are not always able to do so 18 FIRST STEPS IN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE .
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... ships towards the current , and when Лато 9.10 P9 - A once within it , there is great difficulty in escaping destruction . But if not agitated by winds these whirlpools are much less dangerous . " " Then people must dread rough winds ...
... ships towards the current , and when Лато 9.10 P9 - A once within it , there is great difficulty in escaping destruction . But if not agitated by winds these whirlpools are much less dangerous . " " Then people must dread rough winds ...
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... ships carrying on trade between different nations . " " Do the trade - winds blow here , papa ? " said Mary . 66 No , " replied her father . " They blow constantly on each side of the equator , between , and a little beyond those two ...
... ships carrying on trade between different nations . " " Do the trade - winds blow here , papa ? " said Mary . 66 No , " replied her father . " They blow constantly on each side of the equator , between , and a little beyond those two ...
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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.