A System of Modern Geography: Comprising a Description of the Present State of the World, and Its Five Great Divisions : America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceanica, with Their Several Empires, Kingdoms, States, Territories, Etc. : Embellished by Numerous Engravings : Adapted to the Capacity of Youth : Accompanied by an Atlas Containing Thirty-two Maps, Drawn and Engraved Expressly for this WorkE.H. Butler & Company, 1860 - 336 páginas |
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Página 258 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Página 4 - At a meeting of the Controllers of Public Schools, First District of Pennsylvania, held at the CONTROLLERS...
Página 3 - Revised edition. A System of Modern Geography, comprising a description of the present state of the World, and its five great divisions, America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceanica, with their several Empires, Kingdoms, States, Territories, • &c.
Página 101 - The members of the House of Representatives are elected by the people of the respective States ; and each State is entitled to a number of representatives proportionate to the population of that State.
Página 101 - Constitution in a Congress, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate consists of two members from each State, chosen by the State Legislatures for six years.
Página 21 - What takes place during the earth's yearly motion ? A. A change of seasons. A. The change from winter to spring, from spring to summer, from summer to autumn, and from autumn to winter again.
Página 4 - BROTHER, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by KAY & BROTHER, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.