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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... Masses of Greenstone - Immense Valleys -- Mines - State of Miners -Santiago - Hot - baths of Cauquenes - Gold Mines - Grind- ing Mills - Perforated Stones - Habits of the Puma - El Turco and Tapacolo - Humming - birds . CHAPTER XIII ...
... Masses of Greenstone - Immense Valleys -- Mines - State of Miners -Santiago - Hot - baths of Cauquenes - Gold Mines - Grind- ing Mills - Perforated Stones - Habits of the Puma - El Turco and Tapacolo - Humming - birds . CHAPTER XIII ...
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... mass , which in parts has been converted into a crystalline limestone , and in other parts into a compact spotted stone . When the lime has been caught up by the scoriaceous fragments of the lower surface of the stream , it is converted ...
... mass , which in parts has been converted into a crystalline limestone , and in other parts into a compact spotted stone . When the lime has been caught up by the scoriaceous fragments of the lower surface of the stream , it is converted ...
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... , is due to the action of the rain or spray on the birds ' dung . Below some small masses of guano at Ascension , and on the Abrolhos Islets , I found certain stalactitic branching bodies , formed apparently in the 8 ST PAUL'S ROCKS.
... , is due to the action of the rain or spray on the birds ' dung . Below some small masses of guano at Ascension , and on the Abrolhos Islets , I found certain stalactitic branching bodies , formed apparently in the 8 ST PAUL'S ROCKS.
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... masses , at first one is inclined to believe that it has been suddenly pushed up in a semi - fluid state . At St Helena , however , I ascertained that some pinnacles , of a nearly similar figure and constitution , had been formed by the ...
... masses , at first one is inclined to believe that it has been suddenly pushed up in a semi - fluid state . At St Helena , however , I ascertained that some pinnacles , of a nearly similar figure and constitution , had been formed by the ...
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... masses of confervæ a few inches square , consisting of long cylindrical threads of excessive thinness , so as to be barely visible to the naked eye , mingled with other rather larger bodies , finely conical at both ends . They vary in ...
... masses of confervæ a few inches square , consisting of long cylindrical threads of excessive thinness , so as to be barely visible to the naked eye , mingled with other rather larger bodies , finely conical at both ends . They vary in ...
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