The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, Band 13A. and C. Black, 1861 |
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... miles distant , with their heads still in the clouds , while along the line of the river the eye could sweep from the hills of Pancorbo in the north- west to near Tudela in the south - east , a range of more than eighty miles . Many ...
... miles distant , with their heads still in the clouds , while along the line of the river the eye could sweep from the hills of Pancorbo in the north- west to near Tudela in the south - east , a range of more than eighty miles . Many ...
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... miles inland , and to the north of which the said volcano is situated . On the 8th we sailed from Grangemouth ; on the 11th we touched at Thorshavn , the capital of Faröe . Early in the morning of the 13th we sighted the south coast of ...
... miles inland , and to the north of which the said volcano is situated . On the 8th we sailed from Grangemouth ; on the 11th we touched at Thorshavn , the capital of Faröe . Early in the morning of the 13th we sighted the south coast of ...
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... miles ( i.e. , of two or three days ' duration ) into the interior . Those of the party , who contented themselves with daily excursions , might sleep most comfortably on board their yacht ; while the others would require to be ...
... miles ( i.e. , of two or three days ' duration ) into the interior . Those of the party , who contented themselves with daily excursions , might sleep most comfortably on board their yacht ; while the others would require to be ...
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... miles from the capital is not a phenomenon likely to attract visitors from Reykjavik , or to induce them to undergo the tediousness , peril , and expense of Icelandic travelling the object to be at- tained being apparently but a slight ...
... miles from the capital is not a phenomenon likely to attract visitors from Reykjavik , or to induce them to undergo the tediousness , peril , and expense of Icelandic travelling the object to be at- tained being apparently but a slight ...
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... miles long , 12-15 miles broad , and 600 feet deep ‡ Portions of these streams sometimes form hills as high as Arthur Seat or Salis- bury Crags ; and such is the persistence of the heat , that rents in the lava have been found still ...
... miles long , 12-15 miles broad , and 600 feet deep ‡ Portions of these streams sometimes form hills as high as Arthur Seat or Salis- bury Crags ; and such is the persistence of the heat , that rents in the lava have been found still ...
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