Author: Valentine Chapman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789400958074
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Seaweeds and Their Uses
Author: Valentine Chapman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789400958074
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789400958074
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Report on the Island of Porto Rico
Author: Henry K. Carroll
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265963364
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Excerpt from Report on the Island of Porto Rico: Its Population, Civil Government, Commerce, Industries, Productions, Roads, Tariff, and Currency, With Recommendations The climate is tropical, but not torrid. Though the heat is con tinuous, it is not extreme. The thermometer rarely rises to The highest monthly average on record in nine years in San Juan was 86° (in June, The hottest day in that period gave a tempera ture of but there was only one such day. The temperature is equable, and rises or falls through a very limited range. The highest point reached by the thermometer in San Juan in the period from November, 1898, to July, 1899, inclusive, was the -month of June. This was for one day only, and on no other day of that month did the temperature exceed The lowest range in the same period was The winter season extends from October or November to March, inclusive. No really Oppressive weather was seen in the capi tal during those months in 1898 - 99. Showers came frequently, but were of short duration and were mostly at night. Every day the unfailing trade winds blow from the east or southeast, making the air delightfully fresh. The nights are cool and comfortable. The sum mer season is marked by a slight increase in the average temperature, much more rain, and a great deal of humidity. The continuity of the heat and the unfavorable conditions for evaporation of perspiration make the climate somewhat enervating. San Juan has an elevation of only about 100 feet. In the mountains the higher elevations dimin ish the amount of heat, and Aibonito, Cayey, and Utuado are con sidered as remarkably cool cities. Occasionally the island is visited by a disastrous hurricane. The first record of one of these tropical terrors was in July, 1515. They come at irregular intervals and with varying degrees Of force. The most Violent storm the island ever knew, according to history, was in August, 1772, when houses were demolished, trees uprooted, planta tions flooded, and many people killed. In September, 1806, there was another visitation of less destructiveness, and still another in September, 1819. The latter was followed by a famine. The hurri cane of October, 1867, was very severe. In August, 1886, the south coast was ravaged and the coffee plantations in the southwest snfiered severely. The last furious storm occurred August 8, 1899, and was terribly destructive, particularly on the eastern and southern coasts and in the interior. Humacao was well-nigh destroyed; Yabucoa, in the beautiful valley of the same name south of Humacao, was a heap Of ruins, and but little was left of the old town and port of Arroyo. The damages at Ponce and at the port of Ponce, on the south, were extremely heavy. The streets were swept by a flood and many houses were torn from their foundations. The crops of coffee and cane were quite generally destroyed in the east, in the south, and in the interior, and orange and other fruit trees were uprooted or stripped by the vio lence of the wind. Arecibo, on the north coast, directly across the island from Ponce, also suffered great injuries. Between and persons lost their lives, and the destruction of live stock was very great. The fall of rain was enormous, amounting to inches at Juana Diaz, north of Ponce, in twenty-four hours. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265963364
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Excerpt from Report on the Island of Porto Rico: Its Population, Civil Government, Commerce, Industries, Productions, Roads, Tariff, and Currency, With Recommendations The climate is tropical, but not torrid. Though the heat is con tinuous, it is not extreme. The thermometer rarely rises to The highest monthly average on record in nine years in San Juan was 86° (in June, The hottest day in that period gave a tempera ture of but there was only one such day. The temperature is equable, and rises or falls through a very limited range. The highest point reached by the thermometer in San Juan in the period from November, 1898, to July, 1899, inclusive, was the -month of June. This was for one day only, and on no other day of that month did the temperature exceed The lowest range in the same period was The winter season extends from October or November to March, inclusive. No really Oppressive weather was seen in the capi tal during those months in 1898 - 99. Showers came frequently, but were of short duration and were mostly at night. Every day the unfailing trade winds blow from the east or southeast, making the air delightfully fresh. The nights are cool and comfortable. The sum mer season is marked by a slight increase in the average temperature, much more rain, and a great deal of humidity. The continuity of the heat and the unfavorable conditions for evaporation of perspiration make the climate somewhat enervating. San Juan has an elevation of only about 100 feet. In the mountains the higher elevations dimin ish the amount of heat, and Aibonito, Cayey, and Utuado are con sidered as remarkably cool cities. Occasionally the island is visited by a disastrous hurricane. The first record of one of these tropical terrors was in July, 1515. They come at irregular intervals and with varying degrees Of force. The most Violent storm the island ever knew, according to history, was in August, 1772, when houses were demolished, trees uprooted, planta tions flooded, and many people killed. In September, 1806, there was another visitation of less destructiveness, and still another in September, 1819. The latter was followed by a famine. The hurri cane of October, 1867, was very severe. In August, 1886, the south coast was ravaged and the coffee plantations in the southwest snfiered severely. The last furious storm occurred August 8, 1899, and was terribly destructive, particularly on the eastern and southern coasts and in the interior. Humacao was well-nigh destroyed; Yabucoa, in the beautiful valley of the same name south of Humacao, was a heap Of ruins, and but little was left of the old town and port of Arroyo. The damages at Ponce and at the port of Ponce, on the south, were extremely heavy. The streets were swept by a flood and many houses were torn from their foundations. The crops of coffee and cane were quite generally destroyed in the east, in the south, and in the interior, and orange and other fruit trees were uprooted or stripped by the vio lence of the wind. Arecibo, on the north coast, directly across the island from Ponce, also suffered great injuries. Between and persons lost their lives, and the destruction of live stock was very great. The fall of rain was enormous, amounting to inches at Juana Diaz, north of Ponce, in twenty-four hours. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
The Australian Official Journal of Trademarks
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trademarks
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trademarks
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
The New Zealand Official Year-book
Author: New Zealand. Department of Statistics
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
The Settler Economies
Author: Paul Mosley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521243394
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The economic history of developing countries, particularly the former colonies, has become polarized between two ideologies. The apologists for colonialism have emphasized the stimulus given to the indigenous economy by the introduction of foreign capital; the 'underdevelopment theorists' have turned this interpretation on its head and represented the relationship as being, particularly in 'settler colonies' such as Kenya and Zimbabwe, one not of stimulus but of rape and plunder. In this study, Dr Mosley considers the economies of colonial Kenya and Southern Rhodesia and argues, in the light of recently assembled statistical data, that the truth is more complex than either of these simple interpretations allows. At the level of policy, most white producers acknowledged that they could not afford to let 'white mate black in a very few moves': they needed his cheap labour, cattle and maize too much to wish to damage seriously the peasant economy that sustained them.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521243394
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The economic history of developing countries, particularly the former colonies, has become polarized between two ideologies. The apologists for colonialism have emphasized the stimulus given to the indigenous economy by the introduction of foreign capital; the 'underdevelopment theorists' have turned this interpretation on its head and represented the relationship as being, particularly in 'settler colonies' such as Kenya and Zimbabwe, one not of stimulus but of rape and plunder. In this study, Dr Mosley considers the economies of colonial Kenya and Southern Rhodesia and argues, in the light of recently assembled statistical data, that the truth is more complex than either of these simple interpretations allows. At the level of policy, most white producers acknowledged that they could not afford to let 'white mate black in a very few moves': they needed his cheap labour, cattle and maize too much to wish to damage seriously the peasant economy that sustained them.
POLK'S INDIANAPOLIS (MARION COUNTY, IND.) CITY DIRECTORY, 1938,
Author: R. L. POLK
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780365778479
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780365778479
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Lobby Investigation
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lobbying
Languages : en
Pages : 1522
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lobbying
Languages : en
Pages : 1522
Book Description
The Unforgettable Americans
Author: John A. Garraty
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781494093532
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1960 edition.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781494093532
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1960 edition.
Supplement to Cumulative Index to Publications of the Committee on Un-American Activities 1955 and 1956 (84th Congress).
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Operations and Supply Management
Author: F. Robert Jacobs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780070172265
Category : Business logistics
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Jacobs and Chase focus on the core concepts of operations and supply management. This condensed text was constructed with sections on the four essential core areas-strategy, process management, supply chain management, and inventory and control (supply and demand planning).
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780070172265
Category : Business logistics
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Jacobs and Chase focus on the core concepts of operations and supply management. This condensed text was constructed with sections on the four essential core areas-strategy, process management, supply chain management, and inventory and control (supply and demand planning).