Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773, Volym 2James Ballantyne, 1804 - 436 sidor |
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... rocks of granite , and forced back by these , it meets the oppo- site currents . The chafing of the water against these huge obstacles , the meeting of the contrary currents , one with another , creates such a violent ebullition , and ...
... rocks of granite , and forced back by these , it meets the oppo- site currents . The chafing of the water against these huge obstacles , the meeting of the contrary currents , one with another , creates such a violent ebullition , and ...
Sida 63
... rocks . Pliny says , that , in his time , the city of Syene was situated so directly under the tropic of Cancer , that there was a well , into which the sun shone so perpendicular , that it was enlightened by its rays down to the bottom ...
... rocks . Pliny says , that , in his time , the city of Syene was situated so directly under the tropic of Cancer , that there was a well , into which the sun shone so perpendicular , that it was enlightened by its rays down to the bottom ...
Sida 79
... rocks were composed ; and found , with the greatest pleasure , that here began the quarries of porphyry , without the mixture of any other stone ; but it was imperfect , brittle , and soft . I had not been engaged in this pur- suit an ...
... rocks were composed ; and found , with the greatest pleasure , that here began the quarries of porphyry , without the mixture of any other stone ; but it was imperfect , brittle , and soft . I had not been engaged in this pur- suit an ...
Sida 81
... rock , of which there are twelve in number , whe ther hollowed by nature or art is more than I can solve . Great and ... rocks secure from evaporation . It was the first fresh water we had tasted since we left the Nile ; and the only ...
... rock , of which there are twelve in number , whe ther hollowed by nature or art is more than I can solve . Great and ... rocks secure from evaporation . It was the first fresh water we had tasted since we left the Nile ; and the only ...
Sida 92
... rocks or moun- tains of it . I suppose it is found in the heart of some other coloured marble , and in strata , like the jasper and verde antico ; and , I suspect , in the mountains of Isabella marble , especially of the yellowest sort ...
... rocks or moun- tains of it . I suppose it is found in the heart of some other coloured marble , and in strata , like the jasper and verde antico ; and , I suspect , in the mountains of Isabella marble , especially of the yellowest sort ...
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