Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain ...: With Physical Sections and Maps, Founded on Astronomical Observations, and Trigonometrical and Barometrical Measurements, Հատոր 2I. Riley, 1811 |
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... soil , which is dry and destitute of vegetation . Since the sixteenth century they have inconsiderately cut , not only the trees of the plain in which the capital is situ- ated , but those on the mountains which surround it . The ...
... soil , which is dry and destitute of vegetation . Since the sixteenth century they have inconsiderately cut , not only the trees of the plain in which the capital is situ- ated , but those on the mountains which surround it . The ...
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... soil to the direct influence of the solar rays ; and the humidity which is not lost by filtration through the amygdaloid , basaltic , and spongy rock , is ra- pidly evaporated and dissolved in air , wherever the foliage of the trees or ...
... soil to the direct influence of the solar rays ; and the humidity which is not lost by filtration through the amygdaloid , basaltic , and spongy rock , is ra- pidly evaporated and dissolved in air , wherever the foliage of the trees or ...
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... soil of the vallies of Aragua . But the circumstance which has contributed the most to the diminution of the lake of Tez- cuco is the famous open drain , known by the name of the Desague real de Huehuetoca , which we shall afterwards ...
... soil of the vallies of Aragua . But the circumstance which has contributed the most to the diminution of the lake of Tez- cuco is the famous open drain , known by the name of the Desague real de Huehuetoca , which we shall afterwards ...
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... soil strongly covered with carbonate and muriate of soda . At present , without settling into pools , and thereby increasing the humidity of the Mexican atmosphere , they are drawn off by an artificial canal into the river of Panuco ...
... soil strongly covered with carbonate and muriate of soda . At present , without settling into pools , and thereby increasing the humidity of the Mexican atmosphere , they are drawn off by an artificial canal into the river of Panuco ...
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... soil , and re - enrich a valley which na- ture appears to have destined for the capital of a great empire . The actual bounds of the lake of Tezcuco are not very well determined , the soil being so argilla- ceous and smooth that the ...
... soil , and re - enrich a valley which na- ture appears to have destined for the capital of a great empire . The actual bounds of the lake of Tezcuco are not very well determined , the soil being so argilla- ceous and smooth that the ...
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Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections ..., Հատոր 2 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1822 |
Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections ..., Հատոր 2 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1822 |
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