The Earth: A Descriptive History of the Phenomena of the Life of the GlobeHarper, 1873 - 573 pages |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Earth: A Descriptive History of the Phenomena of the Life of ..., Volume 1 Elisée Reclus Affichage du livre entier - 1872 |
The Earth: A Descriptive History of the Phenomena of the Life of ..., Volume 1 Elisée Reclus Affichage du livre entier - 1877 |
The Earth: A Descriptive History of the Phenomena of the Life of the Globe Elisée Reclus Affichage du livre entier - 1873 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Adour alluvium Alps America ancient Asia banks basaltic basin Carl Ritter Caspian cause central centuries channel coast cone considerable continent course crater crevasses cubic yards débris delta deposited depression depth descend desert earth earthquakes elevation enormous eruptions Etna Europe extent fact fall feet fissures flow geological geologists glacier globe gorges gradually ground groups Gulf height Himalaya hollowed immense inhabitants islands Jura lakes land lava layers less liquid mass marshes miles Mississippi Mont Mont Blanc Monte Rosa moraines mouth névé ocean outlet peaks peninsula phenomena plains planet plateaux portion present Pyrenees quantity rain regions Rhone ridges rise river rocks salt sand shores side slopes snow soil sometimes southern springs square miles strata stream subterranean summits surface temperature terrestrial tion torrent trees tributaries upheaval valleys vapor various vast volcanoes volcanoes of Java water-courses waves whole William Huber wind
Fréquemment cités
Page 521 - No less than two hundred and fifty cubic feet of air space shall be allowed for each person in any workroom where persons are employed during the hours between six o'clock in the morning and six o'clock in the evening, and not less than four hundred cubic feet of air space shall be provided for each person in any one workroom where persons are employed between six o'clock in the evening and six [o'clock] in the morning.
Page 90 - ... misty vapor. When the wind blows hard, the traveler's body is beaten by grains of sand, which penetrate even through his clothes, and prick like needles. 5. Stagnant pools or wells, dug with great labor in some hollow, from the sides of which oozes out a scanty and brackish moisture, point out, each day, the end of the stage. But often this unwholesome swamp, at which they hoped to be able to recruit their energies, is not to be found, and the people of the caravan must content themselves with...
Page 290 - Alps is a very curious phenomenon in the historical point of view, for it explains why so many of the districts of Syria, Greece, Asia Minor, Africa, and Spain have been forsaken by their inhabitants. The men have disappeared along with the trees; the axe of the woodman, no less than the sword of the conqueror...
Page 401 - NovoPetrosk on the eastern coast ; where what was formerly a bay is now divided into a large number of basins, presenting every degree of saline concentration. One of these still occasionally receives water from the sea, and has deposited on its banks only a very thin layer of salt. A second, likewise full of water, has its bottom hidden by a thick crust of rose-coloured crystals like a pavement of marble. A third exhibits a compact mass of salt, in which are pools of water whose surface is more...