The London General Gazetteer, Or Geographical Dictionary: Containing a Description of the Various Countries, Kingdoms, States, Cities, Towns, &c. of the Known World ...

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W. Baynes & Son, 1825
 

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Page 501 - There are more than one hundred rivers of considerable size, which run westward, of which fifty-two fall directly into the ocean. The principal of these rivers, some of which are navigable some distance into the interior, are the Huasco, Lospontos, Maypu, Maule...
Page 387 - ... many of which are furnished •with pipes and reservoirs. Besides its inclination to the south, the ground slopes also to the east, and is consequently, upon the whole, extremely well calculated for contributing to the health and convenience of a large town. After a heavy shower of rain, every street pours a muddy torrent into the Guayra, or the Anauco ; but in a few minutes all is again dry, and •we find the whole town suddenly rendered cleaner than could be effected by the utmost labour in...
Page xvii - Washington. 4. The Ecliptic or Zodiac represents that path in the heavens which the sun seems to describe by the earth's annually revolving round it. It is divided into twelve equal parts, called signs, and each sign contains thirty degrees; corresponding to the twelve months of the year, and the days of the month.
Page 283 - They travel in covered carts or caravans, made almost as commodious as a house, with doors to shut, and windows on each side* Matrasses are laid out on the floor,' on which the passengers sleep for the greatest part of the journey.
Page v - Cayenne, which lies near the equator, found that the pendulum of his clock no longer made its vibrations so frequently as in the latitude of Paris, and that it was absolutely necessary to shorten it in order to make it agree with the times of the stars passing the meridian.
Page 289 - Plata, by a kind of sluice made of osiers, woven very strong and thick. The water thus admitted, is sent by smaller channels round the beds, and a quantity of it is generally retained in a large basin or reservoir, of which there is one in every extensive garden. The water when thus retained, is very clear and sparkling, but by its great coldness, it is apt, when drank, to bring on dysenteries and other dangerous diseases.
Page 388 - Caracas, and does some honour to the zeal of the contributors, if not to the taste of the architects, or of those who had the direction of its ornamenting. The church of La Candelaria gives name to the quarter of the town in which it stands, and was built by the settlers from the Canaries, called here Islenos, or Islanders.
Page vi - Though these belts are generally parallel to each other, yet they are not always so ; their breadth is likewise variable ; one belt...
Page iv - When this planet appears to the west of the sun, she rises before him in the morning, and is called the Morning Star; and when she appears to the east of the sun, she shines in the evening after he sets, and is then called...
Page 341 - Peru, on a river of the same name, near the Pacific ocean. It is the port of the city of Lima, from which it is six miles distant, Lon. 77° 4

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