Physical geography. By Mary Somerville ...

CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
GEOLOGY.
Of Physical Geography-Position of the Earth in the Solar SystemDistance from the Sun- Civil Year- Inclination of Terrestrial OrbitMass of the Sun- Distance of the Moon - Figure and Density of the
Earth from the Motions of the Moon — Figure of the Earth from the
Arcs of the Meridian - from Oscillations of Pendulum - Local Disturbances - Mean Density of the Earth - Known Depth below its Surface
Outline of Geology.......................................................... Page 13
CHAPTER II.
Direction of the Forces that raised the Continents-Proportion of Land
and Water - Size of the Continents and Islands - Outline of the Land
-Extent of Coasts, and proportion they bear to the Areas of the Continents- Elevation of the Continents - Forms of Mountains- Forms
of Rocks-Connexion between Physical Geography of Countries and
their Geological Structure — Contemporaneous Upheaval of parallel
Mountain Chains Parallelism of Mineral Veins or Fissures Mr.
Hopkins's Theory of Fissures -Parallel Chains similar in Structure -
Interruptions in Continents and Mountain Chains —Form of the Great
Continent- The High Lands of the Great Continent- The Atlas, Spanish, French, and German Mountains - The Alps, Balkan, and Apennines
-Glaciers - Geological Notice............................................. 38
CHAPTER III.
The High Lands of the Great Continent, continued- The Caucasus —The
Western Asiatic Table-Land and its Mountains............................. 56
CHAPTER IV.
The High Lands of the Great Continent, continued- The Oriental TableLand and its Mountains...................................................... 60
CHAPTER V.
Secondary Mountain Systems of the Great Continent -That of Scandinavia- Great Britain and Ireland - The Ural Mountains - The Great
Northern Plain.............................................................. 71
CHAPTER VI.
The Southern Low Lands of the Great Continent, with their Secondary
Table-Lands and Mountains............................................. 78
CHAPTER VII.
Africa - Table-Land - Cape of Good Hope and Eastern Coast -Western
Coast - Abyssinia - Senegambia - Low Lands and Deserts............ 86
CHAPTER VIII.
American Continent - The Mountains of South America The Andes -
The Mountains of the Parima and Brazil.......................... 94
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