The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Volumes 16-17
The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Volumes 16-17

Author: Geographical Society of Philadelphia

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-18

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9781357094119

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The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia Volume 17-18
The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia Volume 17-18

Author: Geographical Philadelphia

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781230111254

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...tons of sulphur are lost and wasted annually by turning these fumes loose over the land, much to the detriment of vegetation. In phosphates the south has almost a natural monopoly. Late statistics show Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee producing together over 2,700,000 tons, while all other states of the union produced but 5,000 tons in the year. This is not all the advantage accruing to the south in the phosphate industry. The native rock supply comes from the same region that is rich in pyrite. Pyrite is roasted to make sulphuric acid, and phosphate rock can only be made available for fertilizer by treatment with this acid. Coal to roast the pyrite, pyrite to be roasted and phosphate to be treated all are often found in close proximity; and the poorer well-worn soils of Virginia and southward demanding phosphate fertilizer, constitute a rare combination for the building up of a large industry. We have been so thriftless in the past as to send our pyrite to England to be made into acid, and our phosphate rock to be treated; and then have generously purchased the fertilizers from the English manufacturers, but we are learning. Alabama produces one half of all graphite mined in the United States and has great reserves. At present this product is mostly manufactured in the north. Georgia produces one half the ochers and mineral paint pigments found in the country. The south undisturbed by glaciers, has great depth of residual soils, ochers, and decayed rock far surpassing any northern states. Manganese used extensively and increasingly in the manufacture of hard alloys for tools, safes and other purposes, is found in Georgia, Virginia and Arkansas. Our whole American production comes mainly from these three states. Chromium similarly...

The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. 16
The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. 16

Author: Geographical Society Of Philadelphia

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-11-16

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9781334302572

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Excerpt from The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. 16: January-October, 1918 I' HE steamship Yapura near the island or the sun, ON lake titicaca, bolivia. 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.

The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia;
The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia;

Author: Geographical Society of Philadelphia

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2018-02-16

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9781377661186

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Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia
Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia

Author: Geographical Philadelphia

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9781230079165

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...passion flower, cool blue colanum, rosy queen of shrubs draped in gray mosses, yellow-red trumpet flower covering a wall, a scarlet cordia tossing its blossoms gaily, a royal poinciana canopied with orange or scarlet flowers! Never could pen do justice nor eyes forget. There are few native fruits in Bermuda in summer and fewer vegetables. Papaw and banana (the latter in several small but good varieties), muskmelon and watermelon, tomatoes, cabbage and a very little corn. By June i the last potatoes have been hoed, the last celery, onions, parsley crated, the last lily-bulbs are ripening in the sun. Another crop may be sown in the little red fields, watermelons or cowpeas, the latter to be plowed in later as a manure; about September begins again the real business of the year, the planting of potatoes, onions and parsley again, in marshy ground, celery. Bananas ripen throughout the year but only enough are grown for home consumption. Lettuce, beets, carrots, cauliflower, peas, strawberries--all mature in late winter or early spring and go to the New York markets or the big hotels--there are none for summer visitors. Meats come, frozen or on the hoof, from the States or Canada, poultry and eggs are fairly abundant, and fish. There are a few small dairies, enough to supply the hotels, but Bermuda can grow neither grass nor grain in quantity, so much butter and condensed milk is imported. Ice is procurable but a luxury. It is manufactured from rain water, as Bermuda has no other fresh water. The houses are built of the native stone, the soft creamy limestone that saws out so readily but hardens and darkens so swiftly in the air. The roofs are made of thin plates of stone, laid like shingles, and every one is a watershed to a convenient...

Bulletin Of The Geographical Society Of Philadelphia; Volume 3
Bulletin Of The Geographical Society Of Philadelphia; Volume 3

Author: Geographical Society of Philadelphia

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2018-02-21

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9781378327357

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