Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... strata , when strongly heated by the rays of the sun upon the atmosphere , is considered injurious to health . I think the small pools of stagnant water ( lagunas y anegadizos ) , which extend behind the town in the direction of south ...
... strata , when strongly heated by the rays of the sun upon the atmosphere , is considered injurious to health . I think the small pools of stagnant water ( lagunas y anegadizos ) , which extend behind the town in the direction of south ...
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... strata of air of the same temperature ; and where the change of the sun in its decli- nation causes every year at the same period a rupture of equilibrium in the electric intensity , in the cessation of the breezes , and the ...
... strata of air of the same temperature ; and where the change of the sun in its decli- nation causes every year at the same period a rupture of equilibrium in the electric intensity , in the cessation of the breezes , and the ...
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... strata and these veins increased . The granite of these countries , by its structure , its mixture of hornblende , and other geological features alike important , appears to me to belong to a more recent formation , perhaps posterior to ...
... strata and these veins increased . The granite of these countries , by its structure , its mixture of hornblende , and other geological features alike important , appears to me to belong to a more recent formation , perhaps posterior to ...
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... strata , its whiteness , and its dull and conchoïdal fractures , ( with very flattenned cavities ) , it rather approximates to the limestone of Jura . The real kieselschiefer and Lydian- stone , have not been observed hitherto except in ...
... strata , its whiteness , and its dull and conchoïdal fractures , ( with very flattenned cavities ) , it rather approximates to the limestone of Jura . The real kieselschiefer and Lydian- stone , have not been observed hitherto except in ...
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... strata of which are much inclined . The principal point is nearly two hundred and twenty toises high ; but the mountains , as it often happens in a rocky isthmus , display very singular forms . The Paps ( tetas ) of Chacopata and ...
... strata of which are much inclined . The principal point is nearly two hundred and twenty toises high ; but the mountains , as it often happens in a rocky isthmus , display very singular forms . The Paps ( tetas ) of Chacopata and ...
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