The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, 13. köideA. and C. Black, 1861 |
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... Iceland . By W. LAUDER LINDSAY , M.D. , F.L.S. ( Plate II . ) , 3. On the Claim of Dr Wells to be regarded as the Author of the " Theory of Dew . " By CHARLES TOMLINSON , Lecturer on Science , King's College School , London , 6 56 4 ...
... Iceland . By W. LAUDER LINDSAY , M.D. , F.L.S. ( Plate II . ) , 3. On the Claim of Dr Wells to be regarded as the Author of the " Theory of Dew . " By CHARLES TOMLINSON , Lecturer on Science , King's College School , London , 6 56 4 ...
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... Iceland . Captain Andresen , its commander , informed me as the latest . news from Iceland , that the Kötlugjá volcano , after a qui- escence of thirty - seven years , had just burst out afresh . He expressed a hope that his passengers ...
... Iceland . Captain Andresen , its commander , informed me as the latest . news from Iceland , that the Kötlugjá volcano , after a qui- escence of thirty - seven years , had just burst out afresh . He expressed a hope that his passengers ...
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... Iceland , as in other mountainous countries , it does not always happen that the highest mountains are most plentifully covered with snow . At the time of my visit to Iceland , during June , Snæfells - jökul , on the west coast , which ...
... Iceland , as in other mountainous countries , it does not always happen that the highest mountains are most plentifully covered with snow . At the time of my visit to Iceland , during June , Snæfells - jökul , on the west coast , which ...
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... Iceland , visiting chiefly the most interesting district around the Myvatn in the north - east of the island . There was also a Welsh copper smelter and mine proprietor . † Among the latter were the excellent Governor of Iceland , the ...
... Iceland , visiting chiefly the most interesting district around the Myvatn in the north - east of the island . There was also a Welsh copper smelter and mine proprietor . † Among the latter were the excellent Governor of Iceland , the ...
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... Iceland , which we reached on the 14th , and where I spent eight days , I made special in- quiries as to the details of the eruption of Kötlugjá ; but the amount of information I obtained fell very far short of what I had expected to ...
... Iceland , which we reached on the 14th , and where I spent eight days , I made special in- quiries as to the details of the eruption of Kötlugjá ; but the amount of information I obtained fell very far short of what I had expected to ...
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