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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... valleys , and composed of several parallel chains , the highest in the middle , and the others decreasing gradually as they recede . The central and highest chain would appear to him bristled with craggy rocks , covered , even in summer ...
... valleys , and composed of several parallel chains , the highest in the middle , and the others decreasing gradually as they recede . The central and highest chain would appear to him bristled with craggy rocks , covered , even in summer ...
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... Valleys also are styled lateral which feed , with tributary streams , a great watercourse ; and by the terms upper and lower valley , parts of the same valley , near and more remote from the source of a river flowing through it , are ...
... Valleys also are styled lateral which feed , with tributary streams , a great watercourse ; and by the terms upper and lower valley , parts of the same valley , near and more remote from the source of a river flowing through it , are ...
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... valleys differ from the Alpine in being transverse , running at various angles with the principal range . There are those which are longitudinal , but not of equal extent with the former . It is common also for a Pyrenean valley to ...
... valleys differ from the Alpine in being transverse , running at various angles with the principal range . There are those which are longitudinal , but not of equal extent with the former . It is common also for a Pyrenean valley to ...
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Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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