Aspects of Nature: In Different Lands and Different Climates; with Scientific Elucidations, Volum 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849 |
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... geographical and geo- logical relations of coral - islands have been investigated and elucidated , first by Reinhold and George Forster in Cook's Second Voyage , and subsequently , after a long interval , by Chamisso , Péron , Quoy and ...
... geographical and geo- logical relations of coral - islands have been investigated and elucidated , first by Reinhold and George Forster in Cook's Second Voyage , and subsequently , after a long interval , by Chamisso , Péron , Quoy and ...
Side 67
... geographical miles . Whilst the enclosed lagoon is only from seventeen to forty fathoms deep , the depth of water at a small distance from the outer margin of the coral , ( which appears to be gradually sinking ) , is such , that at ...
... geographical miles . Whilst the enclosed lagoon is only from seventeen to forty fathoms deep , the depth of water at a small distance from the outer margin of the coral , ( which appears to be gradually sinking ) , is such , that at ...
Side 73
... geographical distribution of Mollusca at vertical distances from the surface . ( Report on Ægean Invertebrata in the Report of the 13th Meeting of the British Association , held at Cork in 1848 , pp . 151 and 161. ) The depths at which ...
... geographical distribution of Mollusca at vertical distances from the surface . ( Report on Ægean Invertebrata in the Report of the 13th Meeting of the British Association , held at Cork in 1848 , pp . 151 and 161. ) The depths at which ...
Side 77
... geographical miles . Our fire - emitting mountains have no such craters ; and if we would compare the lagoon , with its submerged interior and narrow enclosing reef , to one of the annular mountains of the moon , we must not forget that ...
... geographical miles . Our fire - emitting mountains have no such craters ; and if we would compare the lagoon , with its submerged interior and narrow enclosing reef , to one of the annular mountains of the moon , we must not forget that ...
Side 82
... geographical circumstances , proceeded from the Alexandrian school , where erudition abounded , and a strong predilection was felt for antique legends . It is not necessary to de- termine here whether the myth of the Atlantis broken ...
... geographical circumstances , proceeded from the Alexandrian school , where erudition abounded , and a strong predilection was felt for antique legends . It is not necessary to de- termine here whether the myth of the Atlantis broken ...
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Aspects of Nature: In Different Lands and Different Climates; with ..., Volum 2 Alexander von Humboldt Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1849 |
Aspects of Nature in Different Lands and Different Climates; with ..., Volum 2 Alexander von Humboldt Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1849 |
Aspects of Nature, in Different Lands and Different Climates: With ... Alexander von Humboldt Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1849 |
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Side 11 - COL. HAWKER'S INSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN in all that relates to Guns and Shooting.
Side 29 - Dr. Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines : Containing a clear Exposition of their Principles and Practice.
Side 18 - A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the various Countries, Places, and principal Natural Objects in the World.
Side 30 - Webster and Parkes's Encyclopaedia of Domestic Economy ; comprising such subjects as are most immediately connected with Housekeeping: As, The Construction of Domestic Edifices, with the Modes of Warming, Ventilating, and Lighting them — A description of the various articles of Furniture, with the nature of their Materials — Duties of Servants— &c.
Side 28 - Days, in a regular progression of single Days ; with Interest at all the above Rates, from One to Twelve Months, and from One to Ten Years.
Side 21 - Moore.— The Power of the Soul over the Body, considered in relation to Health and Morals. By GEORGE MOORE, MD, Member of the Royal College of Physicians.
Side 17 - By David Low, Esq., FRSE, Professor of Agriculture in the University of Edinburgh, etc.; author of "Elements of Practical Agriculture, "etc.
Side 22 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs. W. PARKES.
Side 23 - PORTLOCK.- REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY of LONDONDERRY, and of Parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh, examined and described under the Authority of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance. By JE PORTLOCK, FRS &c.
Side 12 - Visits to Remarkable Places : Old Halls, Battle-Fields, and Scenes illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry. By WILLIAM HOWITT. 2 vols. square crown 8vo. with Wood Engravings, 25s. The Rural Life of England.