Aspects of Nature: In Different Lands and Different Climates; with Scientific Elucidations, Volum 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849 |
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... regions . Whenever Mont Blanc or the summits of the Cordilleras have been ascended , living creatures have been found there . On the Chimborazo , ( 1 ) eight thousand feet higher than Etna , we found butterflies and other winged insects ...
... regions . Whenever Mont Blanc or the summits of the Cordilleras have been ascended , living creatures have been found there . On the Chimborazo , ( 1 ) eight thousand feet higher than Etna , we found butterflies and other winged insects ...
Side 4
... regions , whence his far - seeing eye may discern the objects of his pursuit , the soft - wooled Vicunas , which , wandering in herds , frequent , like the Chamois , the mountain pastures adjacent to the regions of perpetual snow . But ...
... regions , whence his far - seeing eye may discern the objects of his pursuit , the soft - wooled Vicunas , which , wandering in herds , frequent , like the Chamois , the mountain pastures adjacent to the regions of perpetual snow . But ...
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... regions buried for several months of each year in winter sleep . Over a large part of the earth , therefore , there could only be developed organic forms capable of supporting either a considerable diminution of heat , or , being ...
... regions buried for several months of each year in winter sleep . Over a large part of the earth , therefore , there could only be developed organic forms capable of supporting either a considerable diminution of heat , or , being ...
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... region has lost the covering of plants with which it was invested , if the sands are loose and mobile and are destitute of springs , and if the heated atmosphere , forming constantly ascending currents , prevents precipitation taking ...
... region has lost the covering of plants with which it was invested , if the sands are loose and mobile and are destitute of springs , and if the heated atmosphere , forming constantly ascending currents , prevents precipitation taking ...
Side 13
... region of the earth has a natural physiognomy peculiar to itself . The idea indicated by the painter by expressions such as " Swiss nature , " " Italian sky , " & c . , rests on a partial per- ception of this local character in the ...
... region of the earth has a natural physiognomy peculiar to itself . The idea indicated by the painter by expressions such as " Swiss nature , " " Italian sky , " & c . , rests on a partial per- ception of this local character in the ...
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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 Scientific ... Alexander von Humboldt Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1849 |
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Side 29 - Dr. Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines : Containing a clear Exposition of their Principles and Practice.
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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.
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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.