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 is made of, and how it came to be as it is now, with different kinds of rock and soil, and the endless variety of mountain, valley and plain. For this we must turn to Geology. Next, we must learn something about the air which wraps the earth round, and its movements, called winds, with their effect on climate: this is the science of Meteorology. Then about the many forms of water - Which is the life-blood of our earth, penetrating all things, and disappearing from one place only to reappear in another and about the sea with its ceaseless movements of wave.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.