A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and Statistical Account of the World and Its Various Divisions, Τόμος 2A. Fullarton and Company, 1832 |
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... side of these ridges run the calcareous chains of the Jura . The Alps are generally divided into the High , Middle ... sides present naked and pre- cipitous rocks , with here and there a patch of vegetation ; and the immense ' masses of ...
... side of these ridges run the calcareous chains of the Jura . The Alps are generally divided into the High , Middle ... sides present naked and pre- cipitous rocks , with here and there a patch of vegetation ; and the immense ' masses of ...
Σελίδα 10
... side of the lake by the wave raised by the plunge of the falling mass . The latest devastation committed by a snow avalanche occurred in 1827 in the Valais , when the village of Biel , in the valley of Conches containing 459 inhabitants ...
... side of the lake by the wave raised by the plunge of the falling mass . The latest devastation committed by a snow avalanche occurred in 1827 in the Valais , when the village of Biel , in the valley of Conches containing 459 inhabitants ...
Σελίδα 11
... side of the Septimer Berg , from a small lake called Lungin , and is called the Aqua de Õen at its entrance into the lake of Sits or Zeglio , a small way from its source in the Grisons . Lakes . ] The lakes of Switzerland are numerous ...
... side of the Septimer Berg , from a small lake called Lungin , and is called the Aqua de Õen at its entrance into the lake of Sits or Zeglio , a small way from its source in the Grisons . Lakes . ] The lakes of Switzerland are numerous ...
Σελίδα 23
... side which is towards Switzerland . The cathedral , which con- tains the tomb of the celebrated Erasmus , is a Gothic building of consider- able elegance . The council - hall is well built ; it is believed that Holbein painted three of ...
... side which is towards Switzerland . The cathedral , which con- tains the tomb of the celebrated Erasmus , is a Gothic building of consider- able elegance . The council - hall is well built ; it is believed that Holbein painted three of ...
Σελίδα 27
... side of French engineers , and on the Italian side by the Cardinal Giovanni Fabbroni . Its breadth throughout was 25 Parisian feet ; the number of bridges thrown across the rocks was 50 ; and so gradual on both sides of the mountains ...
... side of French engineers , and on the Italian side by the Cardinal Giovanni Fabbroni . Its breadth throughout was 25 Parisian feet ; the number of bridges thrown across the rocks was 50 ; and so gradual on both sides of the mountains ...
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A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical ..., Τόμος 2 James Bell Πλήρης προβολή - 1832 |
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Σελίδα 432 - In the upper zone, which is 8 or 10 miles in breadth, vegetation entirely disappears. The surface is, for the most part, flat and even, presenting a dreary expanse of snow and ice. In the midst of this desert, the lofty summit of the mountain is descried at a distance, rearing its tremendous head above the surrounding snows, and vomiting out torrents of smoke. The ascent up this part is toilsome and hazardous. From the base the mountain rises, like a pyramid, by an acclivity nearly equal on all sides,...