The rudiments of physical geography for the use of Indian schoolsMacmillan, 1874 - 169 pages |
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... melted , and then in great part turned into vapour by his heat , which far exceeds that of the hottest fire we can make . And this leads us to say something about the sun , that glorious luminary , whose warmth and light are so grateful ...
... melted , and then in great part turned into vapour by his heat , which far exceeds that of the hottest fire we can make . And this leads us to say something about the sun , that glorious luminary , whose warmth and light are so grateful ...
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... melting ice ; and we should have to ascend to more than twice the height of Darjiling , before we should find the snow in the summer time lying unmelted on the slopes of the mountains . It is owing to the expansion that the air ...
... melting ice ; and we should have to ascend to more than twice the height of Darjiling , before we should find the snow in the summer time lying unmelted on the slopes of the mountains . It is owing to the expansion that the air ...
Page 52
... melt like mist , the solid lands Like clouds they shape themselves and go . " Bu our present business is not only with the broad fact that these things are changing and have always been chang- CHAP . IV . ] ORIGIN OF THE BENGAL PLAINS.
... melt like mist , the solid lands Like clouds they shape themselves and go . " Bu our present business is not only with the broad fact that these things are changing and have always been chang- CHAP . IV . ] ORIGIN OF THE BENGAL PLAINS.
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... melted and meta- morphosed . But in some respects the former are the more interesting to us , because we find buried in them , and still recognisable , the remains of creatures that have lived in past times , and thus we learn a great ...
... melted and meta- morphosed . But in some respects the former are the more interesting to us , because we find buried in them , and still recognisable , the remains of creatures that have lived in past times , and thus we learn a great ...
Page 75
... melted rock , termed lava , which has poured out from the lower part of the mountain , and is now solidified as a hard , black , cindery - looking mass . The whole of the cavity within the ring - shaped mountain is an old crater ; and ...
... melted rock , termed lava , which has poured out from the lower part of the mountain , and is now solidified as a hard , black , cindery - looking mass . The whole of the cavity within the ring - shaped mountain is an old crater ; and ...
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Page 52 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For tho' my lips may breathe adieu, I cannot think the thing farewell.
Page 67 - The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time; and while we listened with earnestness and admiration to the philosopher who was now unfolding to us the order and series of these wonderful events, we became sensible how much farther reason may sometimes go than imagination can venture to follow.
Page 92 - had the primeval world been constructed as it now exists, time enough has elapsed, and force enough directed to that end has been in activity, to have long ago destroyed every vestige of land.
Page 119 - What is this murmur ? Is it the sound of cannon in the distance ? Is Gandgarh bellowing? Is it thunder?' Suddenly some one cried out, ' The river's come.' And I looked and perceived that all the dry channels were already filled, and that the river was racing down furiously in an absolute wall of mud, for it had not at all the colour or appearance of water.
Page 119 - Khan. Part of the force was at that moment in hot pursuit, or the ruin would have been wider. The rest ran, some to large trees, which were all soon uprooted and borne away ; others to rocks, which were speedily buried beneath the waters. Only they escaped who took at once to the mountain side. About 500 of these troops were at once swept to destruction.