 | 1856 - 482 Seiten
...largest being about 10 inches in diameter. The wood is not very hard, is friable, has a black color and a slight gloss. When laid on the fire, it does...burn with a flame, but glimmers, and emits a resinous odor.'" — Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea, bv Admiral F. von Wrangell, of the Russian... | |
 | Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel' - 1840 - 568 Seiten
...great irregularity, fifty or more of them together, th largest being about ten inches in diameter. The wood is not very hard, is friable, has a black colour, and a slight gloss. " which we could see at the distance of 120 wersts, that we were indebted for having so well preserved... | |
 | Ferdinand Petrovich baron Wrangel - 1841 - 328 Seiten
...great irregularity, fifty or more of them together, the largest being about ten inches in diameter. The wood is not very hard, is friable, has a black...flame, but glimmers, and emits a resinous odour." These facts certainly show that at same distant period a great change must have taken place ; but whether... | |
 | Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel' - 1844 - 560 Seiten
...great irregularity, fifty or more of them together, the largest being about ten inches in diameter. The wood is not very hard, is friable, has a black...flame, but glimmers, and emits a resinous odour." the seven best, with which he continued the survey of the coast towards the east. Near Cape Peszowoi he... | |
 | Geological Society of London - 1855 - 814 Seiten
...great irregularity, fifty or more of them together,— the largest being about 10 inches in diameter. The wood is not very hard, is friable, has a black...flame, but glimmers, and emits a resinous odour.' " — (Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea, by Admiral F. von Wrangell, of the Russian Imperial... | |
 | Sir Alexander Armstrong - 1857 - 656 Seiten
...great irregularity, fifty or more of them together, the largest being about ten inches in diameter. The wood is not very hard, is friable, has a black...flame, but glimmers, and emits a resinous odour." I have also observed in one of the Parliamentary Blue Books,* that a travelling party from HMS ' Resolute,'... | |
 | Richard Perry - 1882 - 856 Seiten
...largest being about ten inches in diameter. The wood is not very hard, is friable, has a black color, and a slight gloss. When laid on the fire it does...burn with a flame, but glimmers, and emits a resinous odor." They had been similarly described by Hedenstrom in 18n, who adds some particulars not given... | |
 | Richard Perry - 1883 - 866 Seiten
...largest being about ten inches in diameter. The wood is not very hard, is friable, has a black color, and a slight gloss. When laid on the fire it does...burn with a flame, but glimmers, and emits a resinous odor." They had been similarly described by Hedenstrom in 1811, who adds some particulars not given... | |
 | Evelyn Briggs Baldwin - 1896 - 602 Seiten
...largest being about ten inches in diameter. The wood is not very hard, is friable, has a black color, and a slight gloss. When laid on the fire it does...burn with a flame, but glimmers, and emits a resinous odor." The expedition left St. Petersburg April 4, 1820, and traveled thence via Moscow, Irkutsk and... | |
 | 1910 - 402 Seiten
...great irregularity, fifty or more of them together, the largest being about ten inches in diameter. The wood is not very hard, is friable, has a black...burn with a flame, but glimmers, and emits a resinous odour."J * Wrangell, idem, p. 486 (note). t The account of Hedenstrom's journey is given by Wrangell... | |
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... about five wersts along the coast. In this bank, •which is exposed to the sea, beams or trunks of trees are found, generally in a horizontal position, but with great irregularity, fifty or more of them together, the largest being about ten inches... 