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The parent's guide to a liberal ... education
The parent's guide to a liberal education Author:Robert Simson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: mate of Spain and Portugal ? The climate is warm and the air dry and serene. Where is Waterloo ? About ten miles south of Brussels. Where is the precise spot on ... more »which the Emperor Napoleon was defeated ? About two miles south of Waterloo. On what day, and in what year did that memorable event take place ? On the 18th of June 1815. By whom was the victory gained? By the Duke of Wellington. Are there any towns of note in Holland ? Leyden, Rotterdam, and the Hague are the principal. Who was born at Rotterdam? Erasmus. What city in the Netherlands is noted for its lace and carpets ? Brussels on the Senne. Where was Rubens the famous painter bom? At Antwerp, on the Scheldt. Where and by whom do the Dutch assert the art of printing was invented? Haerlem, where the Dutch assert the art of printing was invented by Laurence Coster. On what river is Rome situated ? On the Tiber. Who defeated the Austrians at Marengo ? Bonaparte. What volcano is near Naples? Vesuvius. What volcanic islands are off Sicily ? The Lipari. Where are the Carpathian mountains ? In the north-east of Austria. Where did Lord Byron the poet die ? At Missolonghi on the Gulf of Lepanto. ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. This branch of natural history makes us acquainted with the structure, materials, relative position, and mode of formation of the great mineral masses of which the erust of the earth is composed. Many of the facts which this science discloses have a tendency to convey to the mind impressions of the wisdom, and particularly of the power of the Creator, in those stupendous forces whichproduced the convulsions and changes which have taken place both on the surface and in the interior strata of the globe. They are likewise applicable to various practical purposes. In excavations for the purpose...« less