Elements of Geography, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
Stephenson, John Henry Noell
Excerpt from Elements of Geography, Vol. 1And first of all we must try to look at the earth from outside, as it were, and understand its position and move ments amongst the other bodies in space. For this we shall want Astronomy to help us, and so this part of our subject is called Astronomical Geography.Then we shall consider the solid earth, or at least the thin film or crust which forms its outer layer, and learn as well as we can What it i...