First Steps in General Knowledge, Volumes 1-2Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1847 - Astronomy |
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... thought there was more than one ocean , papa , " said Henry . " In the large map that hangs up in the study , I have seen the Pacific ocean and the Atlantic ocean marked . " " And I have seen the Arctic ocean and the Indian ocean marked ...
... thought there was more than one ocean , papa , " said Henry . " In the large map that hangs up in the study , I have seen the Pacific ocean and the Atlantic ocean marked . " " And I have seen the Arctic ocean and the Indian ocean marked ...
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... thought of something . The rivers are all of fresh water , and they keep on pouring into the sea , night and day , yet that does not make the ocean any the less salt . How is that ? " " You are not quite correct , " said his father ...
... thought of something . The rivers are all of fresh water , and they keep on pouring into the sea , night and day , yet that does not make the ocean any the less salt . How is that ? " " You are not quite correct , " said his father ...
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... the case in the tropical seas nearly all round the world . ” " Then the trade - winds always blow one way , " said Robert . " I thought the wind was often changing . " “ When grand- " And so did I , " 20 FIRST STEPS IN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE .
... the case in the tropical seas nearly all round the world . ” " Then the trade - winds always blow one way , " said Robert . " I thought the wind was often changing . " “ When grand- " And so did I , " 20 FIRST STEPS IN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE .
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... thought it was too cold for birds in those seas . ” " Birds are to be seen in summer even in those desolate regions , " replied his father ; " but you must not suppose that icebergs always remain in the extreme north , or the extreme ...
... thought it was too cold for birds in those seas . ” " Birds are to be seen in summer even in those desolate regions , " replied his father ; " but you must not suppose that icebergs always remain in the extreme north , or the extreme ...
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... thought the world was all made at the same time . How can one part be newer than the other ? " " It is not really so ; but it is new to us , having been discovered less than four hundred years ago . Henry can tell me the names given to ...
... thought the world was all made at the same time . How can one part be newer than the other ? " " It is not really so ; but it is new to us , having been discovered less than four hundred years ago . Henry can tell me the names given to ...
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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.