| Alfred Ely Beach - 1873 - 634 Seiten
...basin is about two hundred feet in diameter, and the sides of the crater, which have been much broken down, are about thirty feet deep. The crater is so...gravels. The author concluded that a large proportion of these materials have traveled long distances, probably from the Draakensberg range ; but, whether the... | |
| Alfred Ely Beach - 1873 - 646 Seiten
...diameter and one hundred and fifty feet high, for a period of about fifteen minutes. The ease with wh1ch this column of water was sustained at the great height...gravels. The author concluded that a large proportion of these materials have traveled long distances, probably from the Draakensberg range ; but, whether the... | |
| Alfred Ely Beach - 1873 - 620 Seiten
...of water appeared to be held there for some minutes, returning into the basin in millions of matic drops. This was continued for about fifteen minutes,...gravels. The author concluded that a large proportion of these materials have traveled long distances, probably from the Draakensberg range; but, whether the... | |
| 1872 - 784 Seiten
...eight feet in diameter to the height of two hundred feet ; and so steady and uniform did the force act, that the column of water appeared to be held there...it has not its parallel on the face of the globe. Why will not Congress at once pass a law setting it apart as a great public park for all time to come,... | |
| Lawrence L. Loendorf, Nancy Medaris Stone - 2006 - 249 Seiten
...climatic setting. {27} Purple Mountain Majesties-. The Landscape and Habitats of Sheep Eater Territory THE INTELLIGENT AMERICAN WILL ONE DAY POINT ON THE...IT HAS NOT ITS PARALLEL ON THE FACE OF THE GLOBE. — HayAen (1872] If images of the geologic history of Sheep Eater territory could be generated by... | |
| Heather Cox Richardson - 2007 - 412 Seiten
...little more than to allude to a few of the wonderful physical phenomena of this marvelous valley. . . . The intelligent American will one day point on the...it has not its parallel on the face of the globe." He called for Congress to pass a law setting Yellowstone apart as a public park. On December 18, 1871,... | |
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