Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land: Accompanied by a Geological Map, Sections and Diagrams, and Figures of the Organic RemainsLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1845 - 462 sider |
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Side 56
... greenstone , which rear their naked , conical , and distorted tops to the elevation of 4700 feet . From two of these , Mount Oxley and Mount M'Arthur , the eye is presented with a most beautiful panorama of broken country , blending ...
... greenstone , which rear their naked , conical , and distorted tops to the elevation of 4700 feet . From two of these , Mount Oxley and Mount M'Arthur , the eye is presented with a most beautiful panorama of broken country , blending ...
Side 60
... greenstone crest is 4050 feet ; twenty - five miles beyond , bending again to the S. W. , it attains a height of 4500 feet , and its character alters . The hitherto richly wooded greenstone tops are exchanged for naked , barren , and ...
... greenstone crest is 4050 feet ; twenty - five miles beyond , bending again to the S. W. , it attains a height of 4500 feet , and its character alters . The hitherto richly wooded greenstone tops are exchanged for naked , barren , and ...
Side 61
... greenstone and sienitic crest at times assumes the appearance of Alpine table - land ; at times rises , and breaks into sharp - edged and denti- form summits , capped here and there by snow , in the midst of summer , while the spurs ...
... greenstone and sienitic crest at times assumes the appearance of Alpine table - land ; at times rises , and breaks into sharp - edged and denti- form summits , capped here and there by snow , in the midst of summer , while the spurs ...
Side 66
... greenstone protuberance of Mount Horror , Mount Barrow , Mount Arthur , and Mount Direction , and which , stretching as far as George Town , ends with Mount Royal . The last spur is characterised by the highest elevations of Van Die ...
... greenstone protuberance of Mount Horror , Mount Barrow , Mount Arthur , and Mount Direction , and which , stretching as far as George Town , ends with Mount Royal . The last spur is characterised by the highest elevations of Van Die ...
Side 67
... greenstone columns ( of eight or ten feet in diameter ) lie prostrate at the foot of the traveller ; columns of gigantic order , chiselled by nature , and raised by her hands to this majestic elevation , where , overthrown and broken ...
... greenstone columns ( of eight or ten feet in diameter ) lie prostrate at the foot of the traveller ; columns of gigantic order , chiselled by nature , and raised by her hands to this majestic elevation , where , overthrown and broken ...
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Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land: Accompanied ... Paul Edmund De Strzelecki Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2015 |
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acids appears argillaceous atmosphere Australian barometer basalt Bass's Straits belonging Ben Lomond breccia Capacity for moisture Cape Portland Captain Carbonate Chemical Character clay slate coal coast colonies colour compact conglomerate contains deposits Diemen's Land dividing range eastern elevation eurite evaporation farm feet felspar Flinders fossil fracture genus geological Gould granite greenstone greywacke Hill hornblende Horsf hot wind inches Island Jerusalem Basin Lake latitude Launceston lime limestone locality Lomond Macquarie masses mica slate miles Morris Mount Cameron Mount Hay Mount Kosciuszko Mount Wellington mountain nearly numerous observations Plains porphyry Port Jackson Port Philip Port Stephen Power of absorption present quartz rock resembles ridge river sandstone shell sienite siliceous siliceous slate slaty soil solar rays South Wales Sowerby species specific gravity specimens Spirifer spur Stenopora strata structure surface survey temperature thermometer tion traces trachyte Vale valley Van Diemen's Land variety vegetation
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Side 26 - Thomson's Tables of Interest, at Three, Four, Four-and-a-Half, and Five per Cent., from One Pound to Ten Thousand, and from 1 to 365 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 17 - Maunder's Historical Treasury; comprising a General Introductory Outline of Universal History, Ancient and Modern, and a Series of separate Histories of every principal Nation that exists ; their Rise, Progress, and Present Condition, the Moral and Social Character of their respective inhabitants, their Religion, Manners and Customs, &c.
Side 9 - Will. 4 and 1 Viet, c. 26. To which is added, a clear Exposition of the Law relating to the distribution of Personal Estate in the case of Intestacy ; with two Forms of Wills, and much useful information, &c.
Side 13 - OF AGRICULTURE: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the Valuation, Transfer, Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and of the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable productions of Agriculture: including all the latest Improvements, a general History of Agriculture in all Countries, a Statistical View of its present State, with Suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles ; and Supplement, bringing down the work to the year 1844.
Side 21 - Guide ; containing ample Descriptions of all the fine leading varieties of Roses, regularly classed in their respective Families ; their History and Mode of Culture. Fifth Edition, corrected and improved. Fcp.
Side 19 - 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 9 - 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.
Side 9 - HORNE, BD of St. John's College, Cambridge. Being an Analysis of his "Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures.
Side 1 - Bull's Hints to Mothers on the Management of their Health during the Period of Pregnancy and in the Lying-in Room : With an Exposure of Popular Errors in connexion with those subjects, &c.