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JOHNSTON'S PHYSICAL ATLAS. __ ae 
THE PHYSICAL ATLAS 
OF NATURAL PHENOMENA. ii 
POR THE USE OF COLLEGES, ACADBMIES, AND FAMILIES. = 
Y ALEXANDER KEITH JOHNSTON, F.R.G.S,F.G.8. 
In one large volume, imperial quarto, handsomely betta ae oS 
With Twenty-six Plates, Engraved and Colored in the best style, . 
Together with 112 pages of Descriptive Letterpress, and’a very copious Index. 
his splendid volume will fill a void long om in this country, where 
hq attai oes  presenbng | a results of the important science of Physical ‘Geograf 
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LIST OF PLATES. 
GEOLOGY Y. 
i. Geologie f the Glob 1. Humboldt’s System of Isothermal Lines. ees es 
2. Mountain Chains of Europe and Asia. 2. Geographical Distribution of the Currents of Airs 
‘ 3. Mountain Chains of Ameriea 3. Hy etographie or Rain ba ee ca rid. 
4. Aupatresion of the Glacier a chen of the Alps, | 4. Hyetographie or Rain Map of. 
= sosthw ook Woltiais: Action NATURAL Se 
Paleontological and Geolo am Map of the | 1. Geographical Dist a of Plants. 
British Islands. (A are t.) 2. Geogra phic al ig of the Cultivated Plants» 
RAPHY. 3. Geographical skin | of Quadrumana, Eden- 
_ au Miarsupiatia, and , op er, 
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5. Geographical Dintabaue n of Rodentia and Rumi- 
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Geographical Distribution of Birds. 
7. Geographical Distribution of ag 
8. Eihnographie Map of the world. a. 
9. Ethnographic Map of Great “Britain and — 
, in apopular gpererectve form, the re ai 
sper of naturalists and Philosopher * - the most ng rtant ee a 
of Ne tural Science. Its study requires no pre aining; for while facts + 
hyena are stated heaton of 2 to the ie rales of Ligte 2 manate sey are 
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depositories of information regarding the different kingdoms of na c 
co) eg met ae Pe &@ conciseness, preci cision, completeness, and prompt 
itude 0: appl ication — er unattainable by any other agency. 
_ Thee elegant substitute of igen delineation sters the most ot compat ao 
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The Physical Atlas is the result Pepe m hte pitas ae eee a 
only have the writings and researches of mere ers and trovellersof 
been ree _ oe but — of — a n of the age, in the different depart 
densed description of e Sys subject Mosc ah with conétade reference _ ' 
of the maps, and the colors and signs rte syed are uniformly ¢ : 
the plates. But while eiulaane ring to make ayailable to erp 
knowledge otherwise nearly ra senanilae it has ever been bo: 
@ work, aceuracy and truth are the first r tes, in order 
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