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A SCHOOL ATLAS

OF

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY,

BY W. HUGHES, F.R.G.S.

I. THE WORLD, showing the Distribution of Land and

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Water.

illustrating the Principal Features of the
Land.

illustrating the Divisions and Movements
of the Waters of the Globe.
illustrating the Geographical Distribution
of some of the Principal Phenomena of
Meteorology.

showing the Geographical Distribution
and Limits of Cultivation of some of
the Principal Plants useful to Mankind.
showing the Geographical Distribution
and Range of some of the Principal
Members of the Animal Kingdom.
illustrating the Productive Industry of
Various Countries, and exhibiting the
Principal Localities of Commerce and
Navigation.

VIII. Physical Map of the British Islands.

London:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS.

Edinburgh:-A. & C. BLACK. Dublin:-HODGES & SMITH.

ARITHMETICAL EXERCISES,

WITH ANSWERS,

BY EDWARD HUGHES.

A Companion to the Explanatory Arithmetic,' designed for the use of Teachers.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

Price 3s. 6d.,

DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS,

OUTLINES

OF

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY,

Descriptive of the Inorganic Matter of the Globe, and the Distribution of Organized Beings. With Eight Maps, compiled by WILLIAM HUGHES, F. R. G. S., late Professor of Geography in the College for Civil Engineers.

By the same Author, preparing for Publication,

THE

PHYSICAL, POLITICAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND COMMERCIAL,

GEOGRAPHY OF

THE BRITISH ISLANDS.

WITH ILLUSTRATIVE MAPS.

London:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS. Edinburgh:-A. & C. BLACK. Dublin:-HODGES & SMITH.

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EDWARD HUGHES,

Head Master of the Royal Naval Lower School, Greenwich Hospital.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS.

M.DCCC.XLIX.

181. g..34.

Hughes & Robinson, Printers,

King's Head Court, Gough Square.

PREFACE.

THE present work exhibits the methods employed in conveying to young persons a knowledge of the first Principles of Arithmetic.

Though many books on this branch of instruction have issued from the press, more or less adapted to the purposes of elementary education, the Author's experience in tuition has convinced him of the want of a Manual supplying the learner with clear, practical explanations, and with useful, well-arranged examples.

Questions framed upon the occurrences which arise out of the ordinary requirements and occupations of daily life, will-independently of the practical utility resulting from them-interest children and exercise their ingenuity and intelligence more than calculations based solely upon commercial transactions. For this reason also the plan of teaching the Compound with the Simple Rules is pursued, and is strongly recommended.

The design of the Work includes these several subjects, with the whole extent of the Arithmetic usually taught in Schools; but as it is impossible to embrace this range within the limits of the First

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