Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, Volumen38

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American Geographical Society, 1906

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Página 695 - States as shown by the report of the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor...
Página 562 - Advisory powers were granted the board concerning the preparation of maps compiled, or to be compiled, in the various offices and bureaus of the Government, with a special view to the avoidance of unnecessary duplications of work; and for the unification and improvement of the scales of maps, of the symbols and conventions used upon them, and of the methods of representing relief. Hereafter all such projects as are of importance shall be submitted to this board for advice before being undertaken.
Página 711 - Climatological Atlas of India. Published by the Authority of the Government of India under the Direction of Sir John Eliot, KCIE, FRS, late Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India and Director-General of Indian Observatories.
Página 497 - ... indicated by the minor and still undegraded scarps. Probably every movement on this line produced an earthquake, the severity of which was proportionate to the amount of movement. " The cause of these movements in general terms is that stresses are generated in the earth's crust which accumulate till they exceed the strength of the rocks composing the crust, and they find a relief in a sudden rupture. This establishes the plane of dislocation in the first instance, and in future movements the...
Página 459 - Report of the committee appointed by the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania to translate the inscription on the Rosetta Stone (committee consisting of Hale, S.
Página 646 - Rowe, Samuel. A perambulation of the antient and royal forest of Dartmoor and the Venville precincts, or a topographical survey of their antiquities and scenery.
Página 454 - The World of to-day. A survey of the lands and peoples of the globe as seen in travel and commerce.
Página 46 - WS 137. Development of underground waters in the eastern coastal plain region of southern California, by WC Mendenhall.
Página 415 - The city lies towards the west ; the people are idolaters ; and outside the city is the palace of the Prince Mangalai, crowned king and son of the Great Kaan, as I told you before. This is a fine palace and a great, as I will tell you. It stands in a great plain abounding in lakes and streams and springs of water. Round about it is a massive and lofty wall, five miles in compass, well built, and all garnished with battlements.
Página 497 - April, 1906, was due to one of these movements. The extent of the rift upon which the movement of that date took place is at the time of writing not fully known. It is, however, known from direct field observations that it extends certainly from the mouth of Alder Creek near Point Arena to the vicinity of San Juan in San Benito County, a distance of about 185 miles. The destruction at Petrolia and Ferndale in Humboldt County indicates that the movement on the rift extended at least as far as Cape...

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