Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. "Beagle" Under Command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.J. Murray, 1909 - Всего страниц: 537 |
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... Cause of Earthquakes - Slow Elevation of Mountain - chains . CHAPTER XV • Valparaiso - Portillo Pass - Sagacity of Mules - Mountain Torrents - Mines , how discovered - Proofs of the Gradual Elevation of the Cordillera - Effect of Snow ...
... Cause of Earthquakes - Slow Elevation of Mountain - chains . CHAPTER XV • Valparaiso - Portillo Pass - Sagacity of Mules - Mountain Torrents - Mines , how discovered - Proofs of the Gradual Elevation of the Cordillera - Effect of Snow ...
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... Cause of the Extinction of Land- shells - Ascension -- Variation in the Imported Rats - Volcanic Bombs - Beds of Infusoria - Bahia - Brazil - Splendour of Tropical Scenery - Pernambuco - Singular Reef - Slavery- Return to England ...
... Cause of the Extinction of Land- shells - Ascension -- Variation in the Imported Rats - Volcanic Bombs - Beds of Infusoria - Bahia - Brazil - Splendour of Tropical Scenery - Pernambuco - Singular Reef - Slavery- Return to England ...
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... CAUSES OF DIS- COLOURED SEA . A FTER having been twice driven back by heavy south - western gales , Her Majesty's ship Beagle , a ten - gun brig , under the command of Captain Fitz Roy , R.N. , sailed from Devonport on the 27th of ...
... CAUSES OF DIS- COLOURED SEA . A FTER having been twice driven back by heavy south - western gales , Her Majesty's ship Beagle , a ten - gun brig , under the command of Captain Fitz Roy , R.N. , sailed from Devonport on the 27th of ...
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... hazy ; and this is caused by the falling of impalpably fine dust , which was found to have slightly injured the astronomical instruments . The morning before we anchored at Porto Praya , I collected a ST JAGO - CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS.
... hazy ; and this is caused by the falling of impalpably fine dust , which was found to have slightly injured the astronomical instruments . The morning before we anchored at Porto Praya , I collected a ST JAGO - CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS.
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... causing a current of water to flow over the dorsal branchiæ or lungs . It feeds on the delicate sea - weeds which ... causes a sharp , stinging sensation , similar to that produced by the Physalia , or Portu- guese man - of - war . I was ...
... causing a current of water to flow over the dorsal branchiæ or lungs . It feeds on the delicate sea - weeds which ... causes a sharp , stinging sensation , similar to that produced by the Physalia , or Portu- guese man - of - war . I was ...
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