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... seen at once by man , was that displayed to the view of MM . Biot and Gay Lussac , in their celebrated aëronautic expedition , to the height of 22,900 feet above the sea ; the visible area , in this case , having been a sixteen ...
... seen at once by man , was that displayed to the view of MM . Biot and Gay Lussac , in their celebrated aëronautic expedition , to the height of 22,900 feet above the sea ; the visible area , in this case , having been a sixteen ...
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... seen in our review of geology * , divided into two great classes , the aqueous and the igneous . Aqueous rocks are such as appear to have been formed by gradual deposits in water , and to have become more or less consolidated , or ...
... seen in our review of geology * , divided into two great classes , the aqueous and the igneous . Aqueous rocks are such as appear to have been formed by gradual deposits in water , and to have become more or less consolidated , or ...
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... seen , that the direction of mountain ranges usually accords with that of the greatest extension of land , in all regions where they occur , whether of large or small dimensions ; the length of mountain ranges is therefore * Recent ...
... seen , that the direction of mountain ranges usually accords with that of the greatest extension of land , in all regions where they occur , whether of large or small dimensions ; the length of mountain ranges is therefore * Recent ...
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... seen , the mean annual quantity of rain at Edinburgh is 24 inches , whilst in the neighbourhood of Glasgow it is 32 inches , and in some parts of Ayrshire , amounts to 52 inches . A very striking instance of the arresting and condensing ...
... seen , the mean annual quantity of rain at Edinburgh is 24 inches , whilst in the neighbourhood of Glasgow it is 32 inches , and in some parts of Ayrshire , amounts to 52 inches . A very striking instance of the arresting and condensing ...
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... seen , to equatorial heat and the rotation of the earth . The hurricanes of the West Indies , the typhons of the China Seas , and the ox - eye of the Cape , where , Amid the heavens , Falsely serene , deep in a cloudy speck Compressed ...
... seen , to equatorial heat and the rotation of the earth . The hurricanes of the West Indies , the typhons of the China Seas , and the ox - eye of the Cape , where , Amid the heavens , Falsely serene , deep in a cloudy speck Compressed ...
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