Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the WorldJohn Murray, 1845 - Всего страниц: 519 |
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... rise behind the rugged outline of the Grand Canary island , and suddenly illumine the Peak of Teneriffe , whilst the lower parts were veiled in fleecy clouds . This was the first of many delightful days never to be forgotten . On the ...
... rise behind the rugged outline of the Grand Canary island , and suddenly illumine the Peak of Teneriffe , whilst the lower parts were veiled in fleecy clouds . This was the first of many delightful days never to be forgotten . On the ...
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... rise in successive gently - sloping plains , towards the interior , whence the deluges of melted stone have originally proceeded . Within historical times , no signs of volcanic activity have , I be- lieve , been manifested in any part ...
... rise in successive gently - sloping plains , towards the interior , whence the deluges of melted stone have originally proceeded . Within historical times , no signs of volcanic activity have , I be- lieve , been manifested in any part ...
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... rise to many curious reflections . Was this effect produced beneath the depths of a profound ocean ? or did a covering of strata formerly extend over it , which has since been removed ? Can we believe that any power , acting for a time ...
... rise to many curious reflections . Was this effect produced beneath the depths of a profound ocean ? or did a covering of strata formerly extend over it , which has since been removed ? Can we believe that any power , acting for a time ...
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... rise and fall of the tide probably answer to the periodical inundations ; and thus the same effects are produced under apparently different but really similar circumstances . The origin , however , of these coatings of metallic oxides ...
... rise and fall of the tide probably answer to the periodical inundations ; and thus the same effects are produced under apparently different but really similar circumstances . The origin , however , of these coatings of metallic oxides ...
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... rise . The road passed through a narrow sandy plain , lying between the sea and the interior salt lagoons . The number of beautiful fishing birds , such as egrets and cranes , and the succu- lent plants assuming most fantastical forms ...
... rise . The road passed through a narrow sandy plain , lying between the sea and the interior salt lagoons . The number of beautiful fishing birds , such as egrets and cranes , and the succu- lent plants assuming most fantastical forms ...
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