Special Agents Series, Выпуск 175U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 |
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Special Agents Series, Выпуск 98 United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Полный просмотр - 1915 |
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Стр. 119 - Bordered on one side by the Pacific Ocean and on the other by the Coast Range, it extends as a narrow strip northwestward from Portland Canal for over 500 miles to Mount St.
Стр. 114 - Cordillera and unite in the great tropical plains to the east of the Andes to form the Amazon. Between these two lateral Cordilleras there extends a lofty and very uneven region, which, although it contains immense elevated plains and interior valleys, exhibits at the same time crooked ravines, deep rents, narrow gorges, and defiles opened by erosion, in the midst of the complicated labyrinth of the inner ramifications that shoot out from these chains.
Стр. 182 - Machala, the important cocoagrowing district. This line is intended ultimately to ascend and cross the Andes, and thence to descend to a point on the navigable arm of the Santiago river, giving access to the Amazon. Other railways are projected, including one to Santa Elena and one to Cuenca, and these doubtless will be built as economic conditions improve. CHAPTER XVII NATURAL HISTORY THE indigenous plant (and animal) life of any American country, and especially of those which lie...
Стр. 116 - The first of these zones, the higher woodland, has most peculiar features. The high summits that form it, notwithstanding the fact of their being favored with a rich vegetation really tropical in its exuberance, have a cool and mild climate similar to that of the south of Europe.
Стр. 105 - When the inventor is out of Chile this must be duly legalized by a Chilean Consul. Effective use of Patent must be made within the time allotted, generally two years, if not, the Patent lapses. If the Patent is to be manufactured in Chile, the fact must be...
Стр. 114 - ... of the slopes of the Cordillera. Others become almost dried up during the winter, being converted into brooks of which the water supply is kept up solely by the melting of the snows accumulated on the summits of the Cordillera.
Стр. 18 - Another characteristic feature of the climate of Chile is its uniformity. The seasons in all sections are neither frigid nor enervating. The differences of temperature between the hottest and coldest months in Arica, at 18° 28' latitude, and Ancud, at 41° 50' latitude, are the same, amounting to about 5 or 6 degrees centigrade.
Стр. 12 - Code of 1888 (with some modifications) secures, on the one hand, full freedom for the miner, both for exploration and for the exploitation of his property, and, on the other, an equitable indemnification to the landowner for any loss he has suffered. The miner can take all that is necessary for the full exploitation of his " pertenencia," and the code is designed to foster and encourage the development of the mining industry throughout the country.
Стр. 116 - With the exception of the exposed areas of river beds and their extensive sandy shores, where the heat is intense, the temperature of the whole of the wide...