Bulletin of the American Geographical Society of New York, Volumen22The Society., 1890 |
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... sides , there is a huge jet of a greenish yellow hue , which rises to about the height of three feet , waving to and fro , in which the worshippers recognize , and prostrate themselves before , the mystery of a perpetual flame . The ...
... sides , there is a huge jet of a greenish yellow hue , which rises to about the height of three feet , waving to and fro , in which the worshippers recognize , and prostrate themselves before , the mystery of a perpetual flame . The ...
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... this great plain or flat earth was surrounded on all sides by an ocean , and that the vault of the heav- ens was supported by high mountains which were situ- ated near this ocean at the extremity of the earth Annual Address . 25.
... this great plain or flat earth was surrounded on all sides by an ocean , and that the vault of the heav- ens was supported by high mountains which were situ- ated near this ocean at the extremity of the earth Annual Address . 25.
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... side to the other . Hesiod and others appear to have thought that it was fastened by roots , the Chinese that it rested on the back of a great tortoise , the Hindoos , upon four elephants that stood upon a tortoise , the Aryans of the ...
... side to the other . Hesiod and others appear to have thought that it was fastened by roots , the Chinese that it rested on the back of a great tortoise , the Hindoos , upon four elephants that stood upon a tortoise , the Aryans of the ...
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... sides by high walls . In my annual address upon the history of Carto- graphy , I gave a very full account of all that we know respecting the earliest conception of the earth's rotation . upon its axis and its movements around the sun ...
... sides by high walls . In my annual address upon the history of Carto- graphy , I gave a very full account of all that we know respecting the earliest conception of the earth's rotation . upon its axis and its movements around the sun ...
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... side of neither , taking , as he professes , from each what he considers the best . The author in so doing and in the general carrying out of his plan showed him- self rather unfavorable to , or at least inappreciative of , the views of ...
... side of neither , taking , as he professes , from each what he considers the best . The author in so doing and in the general carrying out of his plan showed him- self rather unfavorable to , or at least inappreciative of , the views of ...
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Página x - I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original law. ' Given under my hand and the seal of office of the Secretary of State, at the city of Albany, this third day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
Página lxxiii - On motion, the Society adjourned. Meeting of April 14, held at Chickering Hall. Vice-President CULLUM in the chair. On motion, the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was omitted.
Página lxii - Mr. Vincent has now seen all the most interesting parts of the world, having traveled, during a total period of eleven years, two hundred and sixty-five...
Página xv - The President, or (in his absence) one of the Vice-Presidents, or (in the absence of all of them) one of the members shall preside at all meetings of the Association. The President shall be ex officio a member of the Executive Committee.
Página lxxii - On motion, the Society adjourned. Meeting of October 27, held at Chickering Hall. President DALY in the chair. On motion, it was voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting.
Página 514 - For the purpose of investigating the extent to which the arid region of the United States can be redeemed by irrigation and the segregation of the irrigable lands in such arid region, and for the selection of sites for reservoirs and other hydraulic works necessary for the storage and utilization of water for irrigation and the prevention of floods and overflows...
Página xv - Society, on the arrival of the appointed hour and the presence of a quorum, the president, or in his absence one of the vice-presidents, or in the absence of both a chairman pro tern., shall immediately take the chair, call the meeting to order and preside.
Página vii - Society shall possess the general powers and privileges, and be subject to the general liabilities contained in the third title of the eighteenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes, so far as the same may be applicable and...
Página 600 - York, at the southeasterly corner of the brick building on the lands of Cortlandt L. Parker, at the intersection of the westerly line of Water street with the northerly line of Lewis street, in Perth Amboy, in the state of New Jersey. "Second. From 'Great Beds light-house' south, sixty-four degrees and twenty-one minutes east, true (S.
Página vii - ... and affairs, shall have power to form a code of by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, or of the United States, which code, when formed and adopted at a regular meeting, shall, until modified or rescinded, be equally binding as this act upon the said Society, its officers, and its members.