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... k.CAY LUSSAC IN BALLOON 1. Humboldt & Bonpland m.Highest flight of the Condor 31.MTCENÍntains in the different 32.MULHAC are shewn thus 33.MT PERican American V.Volcano : ON na RECREATIONS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY : OR , THE. Feet Feet.
... k.CAY LUSSAC IN BALLOON 1. Humboldt & Bonpland m.Highest flight of the Condor 31.MTCENÍntains in the different 32.MULHAC are shewn thus 33.MT PERican American V.Volcano : ON na RECREATIONS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY : OR , THE. Feet Feet.
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... feet above the water , an object may be seen on its surface at the distance of three miles . Two points , each ten feet above the level of the water , cease to be visible to each other at a distance of eight miles . If we ascend any ...
... feet above the water , an object may be seen on its surface at the distance of three miles . Two points , each ten feet above the level of the water , cease to be visible to each other at a distance of eight miles . If we ascend any ...
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... feet in height ) extends . This vast plain , or lowland , is separated by the Uralian range from another of yet greater extent , the Siberian lowland , which occupies nearly the whole of Northern Asia . Though many por- tions of these ...
... feet in height ) extends . This vast plain , or lowland , is separated by the Uralian range from another of yet greater extent , the Siberian lowland , which occupies nearly the whole of Northern Asia . Though many por- tions of these ...
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... feet , or more , above the level of the sea . In Persia we also meet with a table - land of considerable extent , the general elevation of which appears to be about 4000 or 5000 feet above the sea . The Dukhun , or Deccan , in Southern ...
... feet , or more , above the level of the sea . In Persia we also meet with a table - land of considerable extent , the general elevation of which appears to be about 4000 or 5000 feet above the sea . The Dukhun , or Deccan , in Southern ...
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... feet above the sea ; and that of Riobamba , which is more than 10,000 feet above the level of the sea . TABLE OF HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS , & c . Feet . EUROPE . Feet . Schneekopf , Riesengebirge , Mont Blanc , Alps ... 15,781 Silesia 4,950 ...
... feet above the sea ; and that of Riobamba , which is more than 10,000 feet above the level of the sea . TABLE OF HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS , & c . Feet . EUROPE . Feet . Schneekopf , Riesengebirge , Mont Blanc , Alps ... 15,781 Silesia 4,950 ...
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