First Steps in General Knowledge, Volumes 1-2Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1847 - Astronomy |
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Page 14
... told you about the tides of the sea ? " " Oh yes , papa , " said the children , " and how they are caused by the sun and moon . ' 99 " Besides these tides , there are currents , or regular motions of the waters , in particular parts of ...
... told you about the tides of the sea ? " " Oh yes , papa , " said the children , " and how they are caused by the sun and moon . ' 99 " Besides these tides , there are currents , or regular motions of the waters , in particular parts of ...
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... told us about the two rivers in Switzerland , which he saw last summer running side by side without mixing ? " Henry could not recollect anything about it , so his рара told him that the rivers are the Rhone and the Arve , which meet ...
... told us about the two rivers in Switzerland , which he saw last summer running side by side without mixing ? " Henry could not recollect anything about it , so his рара told him that the rivers are the Rhone and the Arve , which meet ...
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... told him that there are many others ; and that sometimes they come in opposite directions , and meet each other . " And what do they do , then ? " asked Henry . " When they are both running with about equal force , " said his father ...
... told him that there are many others ; and that sometimes they come in opposite directions , and meet each other . " And what do they do , then ? " asked Henry . " When they are both running with about equal force , " said his father ...
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... told us about the slanting rays of the sun never giving much heat ; and you know the sun can never be overhead to the people in those northern countries . " But the summer's sun of the arctic regions does produce some effect on the ice ...
... told us about the slanting rays of the sun never giving much heat ; and you know the sun can never be overhead to the people in those northern countries . " But the summer's sun of the arctic regions does produce some effect on the ice ...
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... if you could be sure of their keeping at a proper distance . Their father told them that there are fixed as well as floating icebergs ; the former being attached to the polar shores , and sometimes extending many miles in ICEBERGS . 35.
... if you could be sure of their keeping at a proper distance . Their father told them that there are fixed as well as floating icebergs ; the former being attached to the polar shores , and sometimes extending many miles in ICEBERGS . 35.
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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.