The Hundred Wonders of the World: And of the Three Kingdoms of Nature, Described According to the Latest and Best AuthoritiesJ. Babcock and Son, 1821 - 660 страници |
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... Nature, Described According to the Latest and Best Authorities Sir Richard Phillips. LIME WONDERS OF NATURE AND OF ART , have engrossed the chief of their atten- tion . CONTENTS . 1. Mountains of the Andes , in South vi PREFACE .
... Nature, Described According to the Latest and Best Authorities Sir Richard Phillips. LIME WONDERS OF NATURE AND OF ART , have engrossed the chief of their atten- tion . CONTENTS . 1. Mountains of the Andes , in South vi PREFACE .
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... tion . Under the tropics , at a height of 16,400 feet , up- wards of three miles , the azure vault of the heavens ap- pears of an indigo tint ; while , in so pure and transparent an atmosphere , the outlines of the mountains detach them ...
... tion . Under the tropics , at a height of 16,400 feet , up- wards of three miles , the azure vault of the heavens ap- pears of an indigo tint ; while , in so pure and transparent an atmosphere , the outlines of the mountains detach them ...
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... tion difficult : snow and hail fell continually , and the winds returned with such violence , that it was impossible to over- come the fear of being blown down the precipices , or of being buried by the accumulation of ice and snow , or ...
... tion difficult : snow and hail fell continually , and the winds returned with such violence , that it was impossible to over- come the fear of being blown down the precipices , or of being buried by the accumulation of ice and snow , or ...
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... tion which they create , are severally proportionate to their respective dimensions . A journey up Etna is considered as an enterprise of im- portance , as well from the difficulty of the route , as from the distance , it being thirty ...
... tion which they create , are severally proportionate to their respective dimensions . A journey up Etna is considered as an enterprise of im- portance , as well from the difficulty of the route , as from the distance , it being thirty ...
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... tion was fatal to the elder Pliny , the historian , who fell a victim to his humanity and love of science . Even at this day , in speaking of Vesuvius , the remembrance of his un- timely death excites a melancholy regret . All the coast ...
... tion was fatal to the elder Pliny , the historian , who fell a victim to his humanity and love of science . Even at this day , in speaking of Vesuvius , the remembrance of his un- timely death excites a melancholy regret . All the coast ...
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