The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, 11. köideA. and C. Black, 1860 |
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Page 83
... miles , irrespective of latitude and hemisphere ( the same conditions , of course , existing in other respects ) . In short , if we could find two countries exactly corresponding in every respect , however widely separate , I should ...
... miles , irrespective of latitude and hemisphere ( the same conditions , of course , existing in other respects ) . In short , if we could find two countries exactly corresponding in every respect , however widely separate , I should ...
Page 84
... miles into the bowels of the earth ; and far in the interior of these caves , where impenetrable darkness and everlasting silence reign , living eyeless creatures are found- more particularly a number of different kinds of insects . The ...
... miles into the bowels of the earth ; and far in the interior of these caves , where impenetrable darkness and everlasting silence reign , living eyeless creatures are found- more particularly a number of different kinds of insects . The ...
Page 89
... miles of land - as , for instance , the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico at the Isthmus of Panama , or the Mediterranean and Red Seas at the Isthmus of Suez . If there be any such law , it must have been in operation during past ...
... miles of land - as , for instance , the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico at the Isthmus of Panama , or the Mediterranean and Red Seas at the Isthmus of Suez . If there be any such law , it must have been in operation during past ...
Page 126
... miles ) , but full two - thirds of the population of Scotland , and a far larger proportion of the mineral wealth and manufactures of the kingdom . 3d . Northern Region of Primary or Crystalline Strata , broken through by Granite , and ...
... miles ) , but full two - thirds of the population of Scotland , and a far larger proportion of the mineral wealth and manufactures of the kingdom . 3d . Northern Region of Primary or Crystalline Strata , broken through by Granite , and ...
Page 131
... miles in length . I infer that a tribe of savages , to whom the use of iron was unknown , made a long sojourn in this region ; and I am reminded of a large Indian mound , which I saw in St Simond's Island , in Georgia - a mound 10 acres ...
... miles in length . I infer that a tribe of savages , to whom the use of iron was unknown , made a long sojourn in this region ; and I am reminded of a large Indian mound , which I saw in St Simond's Island , in Georgia - a mound 10 acres ...
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