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... depth of the canal being 8 metres , equal to 26 English feet . In To - day we witness a return to old routes of commerce . early times , the track of commerce between the West and the East was by the way of Egypt and the Red Sea ; from ...
... depth of the canal being 8 metres , equal to 26 English feet . In To - day we witness a return to old routes of commerce . early times , the track of commerce between the West and the East was by the way of Egypt and the Red Sea ; from ...
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... depths heretofore deemed untenanted , and have proved that there is a band of organisms encircling the globe at the bottom of the ocean , —these organisms , too , resembling those found in the immensely remote cretaceous epoch . The ...
... depths heretofore deemed untenanted , and have proved that there is a band of organisms encircling the globe at the bottom of the ocean , —these organisms , too , resembling those found in the immensely remote cretaceous epoch . The ...
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... depths in the ocean , where it has been supposed to have been impossible . The very general disturbance throughout this year of the earth's surface by earthquakes , distinguishable not so much for the effects in particular localities as ...
... depths in the ocean , where it has been supposed to have been impossible . The very general disturbance throughout this year of the earth's surface by earthquakes , distinguishable not so much for the effects in particular localities as ...
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... depth ; also , that when flowing water had once got its proper load of solid matter in suspension all erosive action ceased . In short , that it was like a balance , the load being always equal to the power , which power , somehow or ...
... depth ; also , that when flowing water had once got its proper load of solid matter in suspension all erosive action ceased . In short , that it was like a balance , the load being always equal to the power , which power , somehow or ...
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... depth of about 270 feet below the bed of the sea . The total length of the tunnel would be 30 miles , of which 22 would be beneath the sea . A special commission , appointed by the Em- peror of the French , recently reported in favor of ...
... depth of about 270 feet below the bed of the sea . The total length of the tunnel would be 30 miles , of which 22 would be beneath the sea . A special commission , appointed by the Em- peror of the French , recently reported in favor of ...
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The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science ..., Том 5 Повний перегляд - 1854 |
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Сторінка 269 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Сторінка i - ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY ; or, Year Book of Facts in Science and Art, exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities, etc.
Сторінка 136 - It consists in subjecting the vapours of volatile liquids to the action of concentrated sunlight, or to the concentrated beam of the electric light.