A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Band 5Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 100
Seite 3
... mountains are co- vered with forests , and the plains with luxuriant herbage , refreshed and fertilised by innumerable streams . But towards the west it is a perfect desert . The inhabitants keep no cattle , and their whole subsistence ...
... mountains are co- vered with forests , and the plains with luxuriant herbage , refreshed and fertilised by innumerable streams . But towards the west it is a perfect desert . The inhabitants keep no cattle , and their whole subsistence ...
Seite 4
... mountains and rivers are evidently of Hottentot origin . The dwellings of these people resemble bee- hives , constructed on a wooden frame , and plas- tered both within and without with a composition of clay and the dung of cattle ...
... mountains and rivers are evidently of Hottentot origin . The dwellings of these people resemble bee- hives , constructed on a wooden frame , and plas- tered both within and without with a composition of clay and the dung of cattle ...
Seite 5
... mountainous region of India , bounding Cabul to the north , and extending northward from the thirty - fifth degree ... mountains , and feeds on pistachio nuts , and other fruits , which it swallows whole . It is very voracious , and is ...
... mountainous region of India , bounding Cabul to the north , and extending northward from the thirty - fifth degree ... mountains , and feeds on pistachio nuts , and other fruits , which it swallows whole . It is very voracious , and is ...
Seite 7
... mountain of Ireland , in Kerry , Munster , more than 700 yards above the sea level , and forming a sort of penin- sula ... mountains of Amboyna , and other Molucca islands . It is prepared in great quantities , and sent to Holland in ...
... mountain of Ireland , in Kerry , Munster , more than 700 yards above the sea level , and forming a sort of penin- sula ... mountains of Amboyna , and other Molucca islands . It is prepared in great quantities , and sent to Holland in ...
Seite 9
... mountains are supposed to contain many untouched veins of precious metal . It is forty- six miles N. N. E. of Arequipa . CAIMACAN , or CAIMACAM , in the Turkish affairs , a dignity in the Ottoman empire , answer- ing to lieutenant or ...
... mountains are supposed to contain many untouched veins of precious metal . It is forty- six miles N. N. E. of Arequipa . CAIMACAN , or CAIMACAM , in the Turkish affairs , a dignity in the Ottoman empire , answer- ing to lieutenant or ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
afterwards alkali ammonia ancient animal appears baryta bishop body botany called canons Canterbury Tales Cape capital Cappadocia carbonic carbonic acid Carthage Carthaginians cast celebrated chemical chlorine church class of plants coast color combustion common compound consists contains copper court decomposed Dryden east England feet flowers France French genus gold ground head heat horse Hudibras hydrogen inches inhabitants iodine iron island joists kind king land lime mercury metal miles mountains muriatic acid native natural nitric acid obtained oxide oxygen phosphorus piece Pope potassa principal produced proportion province quantity river Roman Rome salt says Shakspeare ship side silver solution species specific gravity stone substance sulphate sulphuret sulphuric acid tain thou tion town tree vessel whole wood word zinc