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The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XII, No. 2 [‎259r] (20/154)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (72 folios). It was created in Aug 1898. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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ADVERTISEMK1S T 8 .
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
Where no folio is given. Advertisement does not appear this month.
Admiralty Charts. pagk
Potter, J. V : 10
Assurance.
Standard Life Assurance Co 16
Booksellers.
Srtheran & Co Caver 2
Camp Beds.
Chorlton, I., & Co Cover 4
Colour Photography
Photochromoscope Syndicate,
Ltd 16
Cutlery.
Hill & Son 22
Cycles.
Beeston Engineering Co
Beeston Machinists Co
Birmingham Cycle & Eng. Co.... 19
New Mac Gregor Cycle & Eng.
Co., Ltd
Robin Hood Cycle Co., Ltd
Draughtsman.
Weller, Edw 19
Electrical Engineers.
Indii Rubber, Gutta Percha, &
Telegraph Works to.. Ltd. ... 8
Engravers.
Swan Electric Engraving Co. ...
Weller, Edw 19
Foods for Travellers.
Fromms Extract Co., Ltd 15
Liebig & Co 9
Maconochie Bros 6
Poulton & Noel ... 0
Spratt’s Ship Biscuits 22
Gun Powder.
Curtiss & Harvey 11
Hat Manufacturers.
Lincoln, Bennett & Co., Ltd 15
Hotels & Restaurants.
H6tel Cecil
HStel Metropole IT
Instruments for Travellers.
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Baker, G
Cary’s 18
Casella, L 18
Insurance.
Imperial Insurance Co., Ltd. ... 11
Jewellers.
Goldsmiths’ & Silversmiths’ Co.
Ltd 8
Mappin Bros B
Medicines & Medicine Cases.
Browne, Dr. Collis 12
Burroughs. W ellcome & Co. Cover *
Jewsbury & Brown 5
Keating 22
Mineral Waters.
Aerators, Ltd 11
Jewsbury & Brown
Schweppes Limited 7 j
Outfitters.
Cellular Clothing Co., Ltd 12
Hicks & Sons 16
Jaeger’s Woollen Co....
Scott Adie 1
Silver, S. W„ & Co 3
Thresher * Glenny
Young & Rochester 3
Pens.
Mabie, Todd, & Bard 13 ■
Photographic Outfits.
Eastman Photographic Materials
Co., Ltd 6 |
London Stereoscopic Co 7
Newman & Gnardia 6
Platinotype Co ] 9
Ross & Co 15
Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing
Co., Ltd Cover 4
Printers & Account Book
Manufacturers.
Brown & Rowley 22
Darling & Son, Ltd 19 I
Publishers. page
Eyre & Spottiswoode 10 -
Methuen A Co 10 '
Newnes, G., Ltd ll
Ship Owners.
British India Steam Navigation
Co. m
North German Lloyd Co 21
Orient Co 21
Sporting Outfits.
Burberry s’ 3
Stationers, etc.
Brown & Rowley 22 -
Stores for Expeditions, &o-
Military Equipment 22
Silver, S. W., & Co. 3
Stoves.
Poore, W., & Co 22
Tea Importers.
Higgs, W. A., & Co 20
Tents.
Edgington, B„ Ltd Cover 2
Edgington, J., & Co
Piggott Bros. & Co 14
Willesden Paper & Canvas Works 11
Tobacco Manufacturers.
Richmond Cavendish Co., Ltd. 17
Wood & Son 17
Vehicles (Motor).
British Motor Co., Ltd. ...Cover 3
Watch dfc Clock Makers.
Benson, J. W., Ltd Cover 2
Blockley, H is
Waterproof Clothing.
Abbotts’ 15
Waterproof Roofing.
Willesden Paper* Canvas Works 11
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and 3, Exchange Street, MANCHESTER.

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Content

A summary of the journal's contents appears on folio 252, and the entire contents are listed on folio 253. The contents of the journal are as follows.

Articles:

  • 'On the Annual Range of Temperature in the Surface Waters of the Ocean, and its Relation to Other Oceanographical Phenomena' by Sir John Murray (ff 260-272)
  • 'An Exploration in 1897 of Some of the Glaciers of Spitsbergen' by Sir William Martin Conway (ff 272-278 and ff 281-284)
  • 'Mr Frazer's Pausanias' by Reverend Henry Fanshawe Tozer (ff 284-286)
  • 'Proposal for an Expedition to Sannikoff Land' by Baron Eduard von Toll (ff 286-291)
  • 'Russian Navigators in the Arctic Ocean in 1895-96' by Colonel J Shokalsky (ff 291-293)
  • 'United States Daily Atmospheric Survey' by Willis L Moore (ff 293-295)
  • ' Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Notes' by Captain Arthur William Stiffe (ff 295-296).

Other items:

  • Pamphlet on a forthcoming work entitled 'Northwards over the Great Ice' by Robert E Peary (ff 279-280)
  • Areas of North America and Australian River-basins (ff 296-297)
  • The Glaciers of Russia in 1896 (ff 297-298)
  • The Monthly Record (ff 298-303)
  • Obituary (ff 303-306)
  • Meetings of the Royal Geographical Society, Session 1897-98 (f 306)
  • Geographical Literature of the Month (ff 306-316)
  • New Maps (ff 316-318).

The journal features advertisements at the front and rear.

Extent and format
1 volume (72 folios)
Written in
English in Latin script
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