The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. I., No. 1, October, 1888

GARDINER G. HUBBARD, _President_ HERBERT G. OGDEN | GEO. L. DYER | A. W. GREELY | _Vice-Presidents_ C. HART MERRIAM | A. H. THOMPSON | CHARLES J. BELL, _Treasurer_ HENRY GANNETT...

The history of the earth includes among many things an account of its structure and form at successive times, of the processes by which changes in its structure and form have be...

The most elementary example that may be chosen to illustrate a simple cycle of geographic life is that of a plain, elevated to a moderate height above its base level. The case h...

| 1.--Vulcanism. | Extravasation. | | (Antithesis of Extrav.) | | 2.--Alteration. | Lithifaction. | | Decomposition. | Subordinate | 3.--Glaciation. | Glacial construction. Cate...

The deepening of the area of low pressure and the augmentation of the cold high area advancing from British America resulted in barometric gradients of unusual intensity; there...

By 10 P.M. the line has advanced as far east as the 74th meridian. Telegraphic reports are soon all in from signal stations along the coast. The barometer is rising at Hatteras...

"I see the patient mother read, With aching heart, of wrecks that float Disabled on those seas remote, Or of some great heroic deed On battle fields, where thousands bleed To li...

The reorganization provided for the employment of civilians and officers of the Army and Navy to serve directly under instructions from the Superintendent; thus securing for the...

The charting of the great ocean currents, has long been an interesting investigation to hydrographers the world over. A sketch of the efforts, projects, and devices that have be...

Every map is a sketch, which is corrected by the geometric location of a greater or less number of points. Assuming entire accuracy in the location of the points, that is, assum...