Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 1687 էջ |
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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 , an- gles of altitudes and azimuths taken with the rising or setting ...
... 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 , an- gles of altitudes and azimuths taken with the rising or setting ...
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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 Fer- rer , published in 1798 , were known in London * , 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 Fer- rer , published in 1798 , were known in London * , 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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... contemplates with interest the immense elevation of the Mexican 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 .
... contemplates with interest the immense elevation of the Mexican 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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... elevations by means of the barometer . Circumstances of a favourable nature have en- abled me to publish a topographical map from accurate materials . A respectable character , who , by a union rarely to be found in any country , pos ...
... elevations by means of the barometer . Circumstances of a favourable nature have en- abled me to publish a topographical map from accurate materials . A respectable character , who , by a union rarely to be found in any country , pos ...
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Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections ..., Հատոր 1 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1822 |
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