The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & GlaciersH.S. King & Company, 1873 - 192 стор. |
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... height were formed here and there by successive ledges of ice , the torrent leaping with inde- scribable fury from ledge to ledge , and sending a smoke of spray into the air . At one place the bottom of the torrent was deep soft sand ...
... height were formed here and there by successive ledges of ice , the torrent leaping with inde- scribable fury from ledge to ledge , and sending a smoke of spray into the air . At one place the bottom of the torrent was deep soft sand ...
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... height . When , therefore , you are told that the atoms of the sun , and of almost all other luminous bodies , vibrate at different rates , and produce waves of different sizes , your experience of water - waves will enable you to form ...
... height . When , therefore , you are told that the atoms of the sun , and of almost all other luminous bodies , vibrate at different rates , and produce waves of different sizes , your experience of water - waves will enable you to form ...
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... height , it expands on reaching the height , it is chilled in consequence of the expansion , and comes down in copious showers of rain . From this , in fact , arises the luxuriant vegetation of Killarney ; to this , indeed , the lakes ...
... height , it expands on reaching the height , it is chilled in consequence of the expansion , and comes down in copious showers of rain . From this , in fact , arises the luxuriant vegetation of Killarney ; to this , indeed , the lakes ...
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... heights while the plains below , flooded with the same ain , enjoy the aspect of the un- clouded summer sun . Clouds Nowing from the Alps are also sometimes dissolved over the plains of Lombardy , 84. In connection with the formation of ...
... heights while the plains below , flooded with the same ain , enjoy the aspect of the un- clouded summer sun . Clouds Nowing from the Alps are also sometimes dissolved over the plains of Lombardy , 84. In connection with the formation of ...
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... heights . We will therefore take the rocks to the left of the gully , by close inspection ascertain their as- sailable points , and there attack them . In the Alps as elsewhere wonderful things may be done by looking steadfastly at ...
... heights . We will therefore take the rocks to the left of the gully , by close inspection ascertain their as- sailable points , and there attack them . In the Alps as elsewhere wonderful things may be done by looking steadfastly at ...
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