Modern business geography

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Identifikator:: 1830562916

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217337

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Author:: Huntington, Ellsworth http://d-nb.info/gnd/117070092; Cushing, Sumner W.

Title:: Modern business geography

Place of publication:: New York [usw.]

Publisher:: World Book Company

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: VIII, 352 S.; Ill., graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part two. The field of transportation

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17¢ Modern Business Geography (b) Wind On water Sailing vessels with fish from the North Sea to Aberdeen Water pumped for household use at Mérida in Yucatan On land (c) Steam Locomotive engine Marine engine Wheat from the Black Earth region of Ukraine to Odessa A liner with ®*wool from Sydney to London Petroleum through pipes from Baku to Batum Pump (d) Gasoline Automobile Tourists over the battle fields around Lille Boats bringing milk to the doors in Venice Mail and passengers from London to Paris Boat Airplane Passengers in the streets of Damascus Passengers and freight through the Simplon Tunnel Freight over good roads between Man- chester and Liverpool Loading freight and moving machinery on the docks at Hamburg Examine the pictures in this book. Classify the means of transportation shown in them under the preceding headings. Can you find pictures for all the headings? (e) Electricity Street car Railroad 9 2 Make a table as nearly as possible like the one given above, using examples from the United States. Be able to locate each of your examples on the wall map. Make a list of all the means of transportation you observe during one week, numbering them according to the {able given above. Explain the influence of each of the following conditions on the kind of transportation : (a) kind of goods; (b) weight of load; (c) distance transported; (d) cost of power; (e) condition of road. Example. A woman, evidently a foreigner, is carrying a load of wood on her head. Number this I a, because in the table given above, No. I stands for human power, while ¢ means that the load is carried on the head. The kind of load, its weight, etc., are described as follows : I a. A woman carrying a load of wood on her head. Explanation. (1) Kindling wood picked up to cook with at home. Easily tied up and balanced.

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