The Quarterly Journal of Science, Volume 3John Churchill and Sons, 1866 - Science |
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... probably caused by the increased depth of the ocean and the very blue colour of the sky . I had been told that the lofty cone of the Peak of Teneriffe could be distinctly seen at a distance of 120 miles ; about an hour after sunrise we ...
... probably caused by the increased depth of the ocean and the very blue colour of the sky . I had been told that the lofty cone of the Peak of Teneriffe could be distinctly seen at a distance of 120 miles ; about an hour after sunrise we ...
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... probably , they were a branch of the great Lybian stock . Plutarch calls the Canaries the Fortunate Isles , and it is conjectured that they were the site of the fabulous gardens of the Hesperides . Although the Canaries were visited by ...
... probably , they were a branch of the great Lybian stock . Plutarch calls the Canaries the Fortunate Isles , and it is conjectured that they were the site of the fabulous gardens of the Hesperides . Although the Canaries were visited by ...
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... probably the tops of extinct craters , or rents of more modern date than the great plain or crater . These Cañadas form the only road of communication between the northern and southern parts of the island , but during the winter season ...
... probably the tops of extinct craters , or rents of more modern date than the great plain or crater . These Cañadas form the only road of communication between the northern and southern parts of the island , but during the winter season ...
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... probably brought over by the wind from the neighbouring desert of Africa . The view from the top was most magnificent , the masses of cumuli , which had been resting at an elevation of 5,000 feet above the level of the sea , had ...
... probably brought over by the wind from the neighbouring desert of Africa . The view from the top was most magnificent , the masses of cumuli , which had been resting at an elevation of 5,000 feet above the level of the sea , had ...
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... probably not more than between ten and eleven millions , whilst at the time of the discovery of America in 1492 , the popula- tion was over 100 millions . Messrs . Thurnam , Davis , and C. C. Blake furnish each a memoir on craniological ...
... probably not more than between ten and eleven millions , whilst at the time of the discovery of America in 1492 , the popula- tion was over 100 millions . Messrs . Thurnam , Davis , and C. C. Blake furnish each a memoir on craniological ...
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