Elements Of Geography For The Use Of Schools C

Author : Edwin J. Houston
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330084908
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book The Elements of Physical Geography written by Edwin J. Houston and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Elements of Physical Geography: For the Use of Schools, Academies, and Colleges In the preparation of this work, an endeavor has been made to supply a concise yet comprehensive text-book, suited to the wants of a majority of our schools. The Author, in the course of his teaching, has experienced the need of a work in which unnecessary details should be suppressed, and certain subjects added, which, though usually omitted in works on Physical Geography, seem, in his judgment, to belong properly to the science. The variety of topics necessarily included under the head of Physical Geography renders it almost impossible to cover the entire ground of the ordinary text-books during the time which most schools are able to devote to the study, and the feeling of incompleted work thus impressed on the mind of both teacher and scholar is of the most discouraging nature. To remove these difficulties, the Author, during the past few years, has arranged for his own students a course of study, which, with a few modifications, he has at last put into book form, thinking that it may prove beneficial to others. The division of the text into large and small print has been made with a view of meeting the wants of different grades of schools, the large type containing only the more important statements, and the small type being especially designed for the use of the teacher and the advanced student. The maps have been carefully drawn by the Author according to the standard works and the latest authorities. Neither time nor expense has been spared to insure accuracy of detail and clearness of delineation. Throughout the work no pains have been spared to insure strict accuracy of statement. Clearness and conciseness have been particularly aimed at; for which reason the names of authorities for statements which are now generally credited have been purposely omitted. The Author has not hesitated to draw information from all the standard works on Geography, Physics, Geology, Astronomy, and other allied sciences; and in the compilation of the Pronouncing Vocabulary he acknowledges his indebtedness to Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World. Acknowledgments are due to Mr. William M. Spackman, of Philadelphia, and Prof. Elihu Thomson, of the Central High School, for critical review of the manuscript. Also to Mr. M. Benjamin Snyder, of the Central High School, for revision of the proof-sheets of the chapter on Mathematical Geography. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.