 ... so that the mass of waters on such occasions is always forcibly impelled towards the city. The islands forming the delta of the Neva, on which St. Petersburg stands, are extremely low and flat ; and the highest point in the city is probably not more...  Russia - Sida 21efter Astolphe Louis L. marq. de Custine - 1844Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1842 - 396 sidor
...and the highest point in the cily is probably not more than twelve or fourteen feet above the average level of the sea. A rise of fifteen feet is therefore, enough to place all St. Petersburg under water, and a rise of thirty feet is enough to drown almost every human... | |
 | 1842 - 512 sidor
...and the highest point in the city is pVobably not more than twelve or fourteen feet above the average level of the sea. A rise of fifteen feet is, therefore, enough to place all St. Petersburg under water, and ч rise of thirty feet is enough to drown almost every human... | |
 | 1842 - 630 sidor
...and the highest point in the city is probably not more than twelve or fourteen feet above the average level of the sea. A rise of fifteen feet is, therefore, enough to place all St. Petersburg under water, and a rise of thirty feet is enough to drown almost every human... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1852 - 232 sidor
...gale, therefore, blows from the west, the waters of the gulf are blown into the Neva, and opposite the exit of those that come rolling down from the...certain that within the next twentyfour hours the whole five hundred thousand of them will not be swept at once into a watery grave. All that is necessary... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1856 - 566 sidor
...and the highest point in the city is probably not more than twelve or fourteen feet above the average level of the sea. A rise of fifteen feet is therefore enough to place all St. Petersburg under water, and a rise of thirty feet is enough to drown almost every human... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 sidor
...and the highest point in the city is probably not more than twelve or fourteen feet above the average level of the sea. A rise of fifteen feet is therefore enough to place all St. Petersburg under water, and a rise of thirty feet is enougli to drown almost every human... | |
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