Himalayan Journals, Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c, Band 1John Murray, 1854 - 408 Seiten |
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... give . He also drew my attention to the fact that we were ignorant even of the geography of the central and eastern parts of these mountains , while all to the north was involved in a mystery equally attractive to the traveller and the ...
... give . He also drew my attention to the fact that we were ignorant even of the geography of the central and eastern parts of these mountains , while all to the north was involved in a mystery equally attractive to the traveller and the ...
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... give here the observations made in those well - known countries ; they are detailed in a series of letters published in the " London Journal of Botany , " country I ever visited ( now fourteen years ago ) , and that in the first King's ...
... give here the observations made in those well - known countries ; they are detailed in a series of letters published in the " London Journal of Botany , " country I ever visited ( now fourteen years ago ) , and that in the first King's ...
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... give a sketch of the rise , progress , and prospects of the Sanatarium , or Health - station of Dorjiling , and of the anomalous position held by the Sikkim Rajah . The latter circumstance led indirectly to the detention of Dr. Campbell ...
... give a sketch of the rise , progress , and prospects of the Sanatarium , or Health - station of Dorjiling , and of the anomalous position held by the Sikkim Rajah . The latter circumstance led indirectly to the detention of Dr. Campbell ...
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... give a better general idea of the physical geography of South - eastern Tibet and Central India , from the materials at my command , and hence to afford a better guide to the understanding of some of the points I have attempted to ...
... give a better general idea of the physical geography of South - eastern Tibet and Central India , from the materials at my command , and hence to afford a better guide to the understanding of some of the points I have attempted to ...
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... gives a higher result than at noon , though the sun's declination is so considerably less , and in the hottest part ... give an abstract of my own observations , both in the vallies of the Soane and Ganges , and on the elevated plateaus ...
... gives a higher result than at noon , though the sun's declination is so considerably less , and in the hottest part ... give an abstract of my own observations , both in the vallies of the Soane and Ganges , and on the elevated plateaus ...
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Seite 5 - Life of Thomas Stothard, RA With Personal Reminiscences. Illustrated with Portrait and 60 Woodcuts of his chief works. 4to. BREWSTER'S (SiR DAVID) Martyrs of Science, or the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler.
Seite 9 - Treatise on the Principle and Construction of Military Bridges, and the Passage of Rivers in Military Operations.
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