The Gallery of Nature; a Pictorial and Descriptive Tour Through Creation, Illustrative of the Wonders of Astronmy, Physical Geography, and Geology |
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... height of the Andes , apart from projecting cones , is estimated at 8000 feet in Chili , and 15,000 in Peru . The estimated heights of the principal mountains are given in the annexed table . A few of these have not been determined with ...
... height of the Andes , apart from projecting cones , is estimated at 8000 feet in Chili , and 15,000 in Peru . The estimated heights of the principal mountains are given in the annexed table . A few of these have not been determined with ...
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... height of the jets is very irregular , and the power of the Geyser very unequal . In Olaf- sen and Povelsen's time , the water was carried to the height of three hundred and sixty feet ! When seen by Von Troil , in 1772 , it rose to ...
... height of the jets is very irregular , and the power of the Geyser very unequal . In Olaf- sen and Povelsen's time , the water was carried to the height of three hundred and sixty feet ! When seen by Von Troil , in 1772 , it rose to ...
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... height of two miles at the pole , and four miles and a half under the equator , or a mile and a half beyond the limit of congelation . " Dr. Dalton asserts that small fleecy patches of cloud are frequently from three to five miles in height ...
... height of two miles at the pole , and four miles and a half under the equator , or a mile and a half beyond the limit of congelation . " Dr. Dalton asserts that small fleecy patches of cloud are frequently from three to five miles in height ...
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