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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... direction of the Oræfa - jökul ; and on the afternoon of the same day we ran close along the coast between Portland Huk and the West- manna Islands . The weather was magnificent , the sky com- paratively serene ; and we had therefore ...
... direction of the Oræfa - jökul ; and on the afternoon of the same day we ran close along the coast between Portland Huk and the West- manna Islands . The weather was magnificent , the sky com- paratively serene ; and we had therefore ...
Page 7
... direction of Kötlugjá ; but this soon proved to be merely a passing cloud of pseudo - columnar form , which happened for a few moments to rest on that part of the shoulder of Myrdals - jökul , behind which we knew Kötlugjá to be situate ...
... direction of Kötlugjá ; but this soon proved to be merely a passing cloud of pseudo - columnar form , which happened for a few moments to rest on that part of the shoulder of Myrdals - jökul , behind which we knew Kötlugjá to be situate ...
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... direction de M. O. N. Olsen ) gefinn út af enu Islenzka Bókmentafelagi ( publiée par la So- ciété littéraire d'Islande : " ) Reykjavik and Copenhagen , 1844 ; scale of then , that a volcanic eruption at a distance of 10 Dr Lauder ...
... direction de M. O. N. Olsen ) gefinn út af enu Islenzka Bókmentafelagi ( publiée par la So- ciété littéraire d'Islande : " ) Reykjavik and Copenhagen , 1844 ; scale of then , that a volcanic eruption at a distance of 10 Dr Lauder ...
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... direction is first from S. W. to N.E. , and then turning at a right angle from S.E. to N.W. There is no crater§ distinct * " On Gabel Hanrân , its adjacent Districts and the Eastern Desert of Syria ; with remarks on their Geography and ...
... direction is first from S. W. to N.E. , and then turning at a right angle from S.E. to N.W. There is no crater§ distinct * " On Gabel Hanrân , its adjacent Districts and the Eastern Desert of Syria ; with remarks on their Geography and ...
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... direction smaller chasms or rents , the depth of which Mr Austmann esti- mated at several hundred feet . The latter are usually filled or bridged over with ice or snow , and are therefore sources of pecu- liar danger to the traveller ...
... direction smaller chasms or rents , the depth of which Mr Austmann esti- mated at several hundred feet . The latter are usually filled or bridged over with ice or snow , and are therefore sources of pecu- liar danger to the traveller ...
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