Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 1687 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 80–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ iv
... means of access to proper sources of in- formation , and his leisure to acquire it , are objects of inferior concern . He has travelled , and that is enough . M. de Humboldt belongs to a higher order of travellers , to whom the public ...
... means of access to proper sources of in- formation , and his leisure to acquire it , are objects of inferior concern . He has travelled , and that is enough . M. de Humboldt belongs to a higher order of travellers , to whom the public ...
Էջ viii
... means essential to be told , but which have a necessary tendency to fatigue the attention of the reader . This failing is not peculiar to M. de Hum- boldt , but is common to him with too many authors , and particularly those of his own ...
... means essential to be told , but which have a necessary tendency to fatigue the attention of the reader . This failing is not peculiar to M. de Hum- boldt , but is common to him with too many authors , and particularly those of his own ...
Էջ x
... means unusual with commen- tators . The translator has been at some pains in ascertaining the value of the different fo- reign measures , weights , and monies , used by the author , and converting them into those of our own country ...
... means unusual with commen- tators . The translator has been at some pains in ascertaining the value of the different fo- reign measures , weights , and monies , used by the author , and converting them into those of our own country ...
Էջ xvii
... means employed for verifying the position of the most important points . In offering this exposition to the public , I shall carefully distinguish the results of simple com- binations , from what has been immediately deduced VOL . I. B ...
... means employed for verifying the position of the most important points . In offering this exposition to the public , I shall carefully distinguish the results of simple com- binations , from what has been immediately deduced VOL . I. B ...
Էջ xvii
... means . It is not yet fifteen years since , in the centre of Germany there were hardly twenty places the longitude of which was determined with certainty to within a sixth or an eighth part of a degree . In the part of New Spain ...
... means . It is not yet fifteen years since , in the centre of Germany there were hardly twenty places the longitude of which was determined with certainty to within a sixth or an eighth part of a degree . In the part of New Spain ...
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Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections ..., Հատոր 1 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1822 |
Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 1 Alexander von Humboldt Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1811 |
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