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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... height . Here we had been led to expect , almost certainly , an unclouded sky . But the de- rangement of climate , which we have experienced in the north , has partly extended also to Spain ; and on our arrival , on the morning of 17th ...
... height . Here we had been led to expect , almost certainly , an unclouded sky . But the de- rangement of climate , which we have experienced in the north , has partly extended also to Spain ; and on our arrival , on the morning of 17th ...
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... height of some 10 ° , against which the distant hills showed very black , while the low clouds looked rather of a dirty green , somewhat like tarnished brass . The shadow passed away down the valley rather like a faint shower , but ...
... height of some 10 ° , against which the distant hills showed very black , while the low clouds looked rather of a dirty green , somewhat like tarnished brass . The shadow passed away down the valley rather like a faint shower , but ...
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... height , however , is only 4577 Danish feet , and it is therefore inferior in point of ele- vation to Eyafjalla ( 5432 feet ) , Hekla ( 4961 feet ) , and Oræfa ( 6241 ) , all of which had a smaller covering of snow . So far as I am ...
... height , however , is only 4577 Danish feet , and it is therefore inferior in point of ele- vation to Eyafjalla ( 5432 feet ) , Hekla ( 4961 feet ) , and Oræfa ( 6241 ) , all of which had a smaller covering of snow . So far as I am ...
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... height , are so dangerous in ascent as the jökuls of Iceland . There is thus reasonable excuse for the paucity of information on the physical geography and geology of Kötlugjá and other Icelandic volcanoes . * Kötlugjá , then , is ...
... height , are so dangerous in ascent as the jökuls of Iceland . There is thus reasonable excuse for the paucity of information on the physical geography and geology of Kötlugjá and other Icelandic volcanoes . * Kötlugjá , then , is ...
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... heights for safety ; that the depth of the water - flood , which surrounded the monastery of Thyckvaboe , was such that a large ocean - vessel might have sailed between the byres and the principal building , and that there was an ...
... heights for safety ; that the depth of the water - flood , which surrounded the monastery of Thyckvaboe , was such that a large ocean - vessel might have sailed between the byres and the principal building , and that there was an ...
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