 W. steering west, going six knots, observed a shoal on the larboard beam, about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, bearing south, half a mile distant, in appearance white sand and yellow weed, supposed to be the Longshamps shoal.  The Edinburgh annual register - Seite lxx1820Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Whitwell Dewhurst - 1881 - 204 Seiten
...thousand posts. The town is fortified with an intrenchment, salient angles, and redoubts, which inclose about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width. The inhabitants and garrison, men, women, and children amount to above two thousand five hundred.... | |
 | G. Phillips Bevan - 1882 - 174 Seiten
...finally surrendered. In Edward I.'s time, mention is made of the Pool which partly surrounded the Castle, half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth, with two mills standing upon it, and in 1279 a great tournament was held, in which a hundred knights,... | |
 | Alexander George Findlay - 1883 - 938 Seiten
...Spaniards were remarkable for their thick walls of stone; they are very straggling-, covering a space of half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. Among them are the remains of one used as a church, and another as a hospital. These are now occupied... | |
 | Sir Shirley Forster Murphy, Robert Brudenell Carter - 1883 - 974 Seiten
...considered the best, and of these the best known come from Bangor and Penrhyn. The Penrhyn slate-quarry is half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width, and the slate is worked in large terraces, some thirteen in number, " like the steps of a Titanic... | |
 | Margaretta Shekleton - 1884 - 216 Seiten
...generally identified with Tell Hum — Hum being said to represent Na/mm. The ruins here occupy a space of half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width. " The recent exploring expedition," says Mr. Grove, " has traced out the foundations of an ancient... | |
 | William Whitwell Dewhurst - 1885 - 224 Seiten
...thousand posts. The town is fortified with an intrenchment, salient angles, and redoubts, which inclose about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width. The inhabitants and garrison, men, women, and children amount to above two thousand five hundred.... | |
 | Alfred Burdon Ellis - 1885 - 368 Seiten
...Africa. THE island of Goree cannot be described as being of great extent. It is only three-quarters of a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth at the widest point, that is in the middle, from which it gradually tapers down to a point at each... | |
 | Frederick William Rudler, George Goudie Chisholm - 1885 - 708 Seiten
...Carnarvonshire. "The Penrhyn slate quarry near Bangor presents a wonderful spectacle of industry. It is about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile wide, and forms a vast amphitheatre, which is worked all round, on one side in thirteen high and broad... | |
 | Frederick William Rudler, George Goudie Chisholm - 1885 - 712 Seiten
...Carnarvonshire. "The Penrhyn slate quarry near Bangor presents a wonderful spectacle of industry. It is about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile wide, and forms a vast amphitheatre, which is worked all round, on one side in thirteen high and broad... | |
 | Eberhard Schrader - 1888 - 368 Seiten
...hieroglyphs. It is a town which, according to Ed. Pococke, is shaped like a square in its ruins and stretches "half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth" along the banks of the Euphrates (G. Smith, AH Sayce). See the references in Keilinsch. u. Geschichtsforschung... | |
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