Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections and Maps Founded on Astronomical Observations and Trigonometrical and Barometrical Measurements, Հատոր 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 |
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Արդյունքներ 44–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... elevation of its insulated sum- mits . When we know exactly the absolute height of these summits , whether by means of the barometer , or by geometrical operations , angles of altitudes and azimuths taken with the rising or setting sun ...
... elevation of its insulated sum- mits . When we know exactly the absolute height of these summits , whether by means of the barometer , or by geometrical operations , angles of altitudes and azimuths taken with the rising or setting sun ...
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... elevation , nor very distant from la Puebla . This confusion is so much the more astonishing , as in 1803 the excellent observations of Don Jose Joacquin Ferrer , published in 1798 , were known in Lon- don * , as well as the maps drawn ...
... elevation , nor very distant from la Puebla . This confusion is so much the more astonishing , as in 1803 the excellent observations of Don Jose Joacquin Ferrer , published in 1798 , were known in Lon- don * , as well as the maps drawn ...
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... elevations , or that a considerable river can only change its direction when a group of moun- tains opposes its course . They forget that fre- quently , either on account of the nature of the rocks , or on account of the inclination of ...
... elevations , or that a considerable river can only change its direction when a group of moun- tains opposes its course . They forget that fre- quently , either on account of the nature of the rocks , or on account of the inclination of ...
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... with interest the immense elevation of the Mexi- can soil , and the extraordinary form of a chain of porphyritic and basaltic mountains , which sur- round the valley like a circular wall . He per- xciv GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
... with interest the immense elevation of the Mexi- can soil , and the extraordinary form of a chain of porphyritic and basaltic mountains , which sur- round the valley like a circular wall . He per- xciv GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
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... elevation ( about 1960 feet . ) See my memoir on the configuration of the soil of Spain , inserted in the itinerary of M. Alexandre de Laborde , T. I. p , CXLVII . CLVI . From the data contained in that memoir , the small geological map ...
... elevation ( about 1960 feet . ) See my memoir on the configuration of the soil of Spain , inserted in the itinerary of M. Alexandre de Laborde , T. I. p , CXLVII . CLVI . From the data contained in that memoir , the small geological map ...
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