Identifier: fieldlaboratoryl00wrig (find matches)
Title: Field, laboratory, and library manual in physical geography
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, Cary Thomas, 1869-
Subjects: Physical geography
Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Ginn & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ondoes the line pass? Near what points on the earths surfacedoes it pass ? If this line were extended so as to make a completecircle round the earth, would it make a great or a small circle ?Does this circle coincide with any circle of latitude ? Comparethis shortest line which you have drawn between San Franciscoand Yokohama with the route actually taken by steamshipsplying between these two ports, as shown on the pilot chartof the North Pacific ocean. How would you find the shortestline between any two points on the earths surface ? Part II Heat equal weights of water and rock to the same tempera-ture. Place them aside and allow them to cool. Which coolsmore quickly ? Cool equal weights of water and rock to a lowtemperature and place them in the direct sunlight. Which heatsmore quickly? Which gets hotter in summer, land or water?Which is more nearly uniform in temperature throughout theyear? What effect does this fact have upon the climate ofplaces near the sea or near a large lake?
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140 THE SEA AND MAN 147 Part III Slowly boil a flask of sea water and condense the steam bypassing it through a tube inclosed in a jacket of cold water.Taste the condensed vapor. Do you find salt in it? Oceansteamships are so equipped that they can supply drinking water

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