The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52, Band 1A. O. P. Nicholson, printer, 1855 |
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Aconcagua Antuco Araucanians Atacama Bulnes Caldera cattle Cauquenes centre Cerro Chañarcillo charqui Chile Chillan Chilóe church coast commenced Concepcion Copiapó copper Coquimbo cordilleras cultivation direction distance districts Domeyko earth earthquake elevation feet half hills houses Huasco hundred inches Indians Intendente island La Serena lake land latitude latter leagues less Loncomilla mass Maule Maypu miles mineral mines months morning mountains native nearly night noise Nuble obtained occupied ocean Osorno passed Peru plain plaza population porphyry port portion President priests province Putaendo Quillota rain Rancagua range ravines rendered republic river river Maule road rocks Santa Lucia Santiago scarcely season Serena shock shore side silver snow southward stream streets summit surface Talca Talcahuano temperature tion town Tupungato Valdivia valley Valparaiso vegetation vessels vicinity volcano walls whilst wholly wind
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Seite 238 - But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed; so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Seite 31 - Peru, he gives so many cedar-planks, hams, or punchos, in exchange. Some time after we had been here, a snow arrived in the harbour from Lima, which occasioned great joy amongst the inhabitants, as they had no ship the year before, from the alarm Lord Anson had given upon the coast. 'This 'was not the annual vessel, but one of those that I mentioned before which come unexpectedly. The captain of her was an old man, well known upon the island, who had traded here once in two or three years for more...
Seite 118 - ... direction, there being. . .little or no cohesion between one stratum and another. The part of the earth that is first raised, being bent from its natural form, will endeavour to restore itself by its elasticity, and the parts next to it, beginning to have their weight supported by the vapour which will insinuate itself under them, will be raised in their turn, till it either finds some vent or is again condensed by the cold into water, and by that means prevented from proceeding any further.
Seite 31 - Lima, as they never expect more than one in the year; tho' sometimes it happens that two have come, and at other times they have been two or three years without any. When this happens, they are greatly distressed, as this ship brings them baize, cloth, linens, hats, ribbons, tobacco, sugar, brandy, and wine ; but this latter article is chiefly for the use of the churches : matte, an herb from Paraguay, used all over South America instead of tea, is also a necessary article. This ship's cargo is chiefly...
Seite 118 - In like manner, a large quantity of vapor may be conceived to raise the earth in a wave, as it passes along between the strata, which it may easily separate in a horizontal direction, there being little or no cohesion between one stratum and another. The part of the earth that is first raised, being bent from its natural form, will...
Seite 118 - ... upon a floor) to be raised at one edge, and then suddenly brought down again to the floor, the air under it being by this means propelled, will pass along, till it escapes at the opposite side, raising the cloth in a wave all the way as it goes. In like manner, a large quantity of vapour may be conceived to raise the earth in a wave, as it passes along between the strata which it may easily separate in an horizontal direction, there being little or no cohesion between one stratum and another.
Seite 40 - On the north by the desert of Atacama," — a broad tract several degrees in width so that where Bolivia begins and Chile terminates is yet to be decided. I have copied a boundary line, as far as it is laid down, from a MS. map in my possession, compiled from data furnished by Don Bartolome...
Seite 166 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Seite i - Academy of Arts and Sciences, has recently returned to the United States, bringing with him a rich contribution to science, in a series of observations amounting to nearly forty thousand, and embracing a most extensive catalogue of stars.
Seite 118 - Suppose a large cloth or carpet, spread on the floor, to be raised at one edge, and then suddenly brought down again to the floor, the air under it, being by this means propelled, will pass along till it escapes at the opposite side, raising the cloth in a wave all the way as it goes. In like manner a large quantity of...