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The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XII, No. 2 [‎255v] (13/154)

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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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VI
ADVERTISEMENTS.
notice.
PWOTOGRAPWS.
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
It would greatly add to the value of the Collection of Photographs which
has been established in the Map Roonr of the Royal Geographica oocie y, i
all the Fellows who have taken photographs during their travels, would
forward copies of them to the Map Curator, by whom they would be acknow
ledged. Should the donor have purchased the photographs, it will be usetui
for reference if the name of the photographer and his address are given.
/l/o Camera is a Kodak unless made by the Eastman Company.
The Eastman
CARTRIDGE
FILM
SYSTEM
Can be unloaded and reloaded in daylight, so that the use of
A DARK ROOM IS NOT REQUIRED
for changing the rolls of film on which the pictures are taken. It is done sitting comfortably in a
chair The rolls of film can be sent by post to us or to any dealer to be developed and printed.
Photography is thus possible to every tourist or traveller without any previous experience.
Pocket, Folding Pocket, Bull’s Eye, Bullet, Falcon, and
Cartridge Kodaks, £1 Is. to £5 5s.
ILLUSTRATED PRICE LISTS POST FREE.
EASTMAN
Photographic Materials
Co. Limited,
Retail Branches
43 CLERKENWELL ROAD, LONDON, E.C.
60 Cheapside, E.C.; 115-117 Oxford St., W.; 171-173 Regent St., W. ;
Also at Paris, Berlin, and Rochester, New York.
mCOUOCHXE BROTHERS,
131, LEADENHADL ST., LONDON, E.C.
Manufacturers of PRESERVED PROVISIONS of every description.
SOUPS, SAUSAGES, MEATS, JAMS, PICKLES, ETC.
Try our ARMY RATIONS as supplied to the Ashantee and Soudan Forces.
The “ LANCET,” May 2, 1896 (writing on the Ashanti Campaign).
“ The bodily health and strength maintaining essentials are one and alt represented in its composition, and so nicely
blended that many of our invalids out in Africa were not only able to eat, but, what is more essential, digest some of the
meat minced up with its gravy and some breadcrumbs, when they could rot touch other kinds of diet as served out to them.
MACONOCHIE’S INDIAN CURRIES.
Curried Fowl, Rabbit, Prawns, Lobster, Etc.
Goods carefully packed to suit the requirements of
MINING, TOURING, AND EXPLORING PARTIES.

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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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