The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, כרך 2R. Wilks for C. Cradock & W. Joy, 1815 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 81
עמוד 2
... yards from its former bed . History likewise , makes mention of an earthquake at Rhodes , more than two hundred years before the christian æra , when that island was in the height of its commercial consequence . GENERAL HISTORY OF ...
... yards from its former bed . History likewise , makes mention of an earthquake at Rhodes , more than two hundred years before the christian æra , when that island was in the height of its commercial consequence . GENERAL HISTORY OF ...
עמוד 34
... yard , and had an opportunity of seeing the walls of several houses that were standing , open from top to bottom , more than a quarter of a yard , yet close again so exactly as to leave no signs of injury . SECTION III . Abstract of Two ...
... yard , and had an opportunity of seeing the walls of several houses that were standing , open from top to bottom , more than a quarter of a yard , yet close again so exactly as to leave no signs of injury . SECTION III . Abstract of Two ...
עמוד 39
... yards from the wall , and carried away the sand and walls , but left the houses standing , so that only two or three persons were drowned . Every one now thought the town would be swallowed up ; for though this was run off , yet with ...
... yards from the wall , and carried away the sand and walls , but left the houses standing , so that only two or three persons were drowned . Every one now thought the town would be swallowed up ; for though this was run off , yet with ...
עמוד 46
... yards from the mouth of one of the engine shafts . felt one shock , which very sensibly raised him up in his chair , and caused several pieces of lime or plaster to drop from the sides of the room . In a field about three hundred yards ...
... yards from the mouth of one of the engine shafts . felt one shock , which very sensibly raised him up in his chair , and caused several pieces of lime or plaster to drop from the sides of the room . In a field about three hundred yards ...
עמוד 47
... yards , being all that was at that time in work . [ Phil . Trans . Abr . Vol . X. ] CHAP . XXII . EXTRAORDINARY ... yard at Ports- mouth , an extraordinary motion of the waters in the north dock , and in the basin , and at two of the ...
... yards , being all that was at that time in work . [ Phil . Trans . Abr . Vol . X. ] CHAP . XXII . EXTRAORDINARY ... yard at Ports- mouth , an extraordinary motion of the waters in the north dock , and in the basin , and at two of the ...
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מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
abundance ancient animals appears beds body bones bottom breadth Calabria calcareous called cave cavern Cheshire Chimæra clay coal coast colour columns considerable consists copper covered crystals Dalmatia deep depth diamonds discovered earth earthquake east elephant extend fathoms feet fire fossil four Giant's Causeway gold Grotta del Cane ground gypsum half height Herculaneum hills houses hundred inches inhabitants iron island John Pit kind lake length likewise Lincolnshire marble mephitis metal miles mineral mineralogists mines moss mount Athos mountains nature Northwich observed petrifactions phænomena Phil Philodemus pieces pillars plain present probably quantity remains remarkable river rock rock-salt Roman ruins salt sand seems shaft shells shock side silver situation soil Spanish Marks species stone Strabo strata stratum subterraneous supposed surface thick town Trans trees vapours veins walls whole wood yards
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 439 - Though the sides of this bridge are provided in some parts with a parapet of fixed rocks, yet few men have resolution to walk to them, and look over into the abyss. You involuntarily fall on your hands and feet, creep to the parapet, and peep over it. Looking down from this height about a minute gave me a violent head-ache.
עמוד 311 - On the heap of cascalhao, at equal distances, are placed three high chairs, for the officers or overseers. After they are seated, the negroes enter the troughs, each provided with a rake of a peculiar form, and short handle, with which he rakes into the trough about fifty or eighty pounds weight of cascalhao.
עמוד 4 - Soon after this a most dreadful earthquake ensued, so that the whole tract upon which we stood seemed to vibrate, as if we were in the scale of a balance that continued wavering. This motion, however...
עמוד 351 - The miner knowing its irresistible power, instantly sees the inefficacy of every attempt to escape, and, like a physician attacked by some incurable complaint, and conscious that his art is unequal to its cure, makes no struggle to save his life. As each of the party came up, he was surrounded by a group of anxious inquirers. All their reports were equally hopeless ; and the second explosion so strongly corroborated their account of the impure state of the mine, that their assertions for the present...
עמוד 311 - When a negro is so fortunate as to find a diamond of the weight of an octavo, (17-i carats,) much ceremony takes place ; he is crowned with a wreath of flowers, and carried in procession to the administrator, who gives him his freedom, by paying his owner for it. He also receives a present of new clothes, and is permitted to work on his own account. — When a stone of...
עמוד 334 - ... freedom. Some hours were employed in mending the appearance of this faithful couple: nor could I without a tear, behold him taking leave of the former wretched companions of his toil. We soon emerged from the mine, and ALBERTI and his wife once more revisited the light of the sun.
עמוד 353 - As the baneful vapours had now taken possession of the whole of the mine, and they found it difficult to breathe even in the course of the full current of the atmospheric air, they immediately ascended. But the afflicted creatures, still clinging to hope, disbelieved their report. Wishful therefore to give as ample satisfaction as possible to the unhappy women Mr. Anderson and James Turnbull (a hewer of the colliery who had escaped the blast) again went down. At...
עמוד 357 - As the explosion had occasioned several falls of large masses of stone from the roof, their progress was considerably delayed by removing them. After the plane-board was reached, a stopping was put across it on the right hand, and one across the wall opposite the drift. The air, therefore, passed to the left, and number six was found. The shifts of men employed in this doleful and unwholesome work, were generally about eight in number.
עמוד 357 - As the weather was warm, and it was desirable that as much air might pass down the shaft as possible, constables were placed at proper distances, to keep off the crowd. Two surgeons were also in attendance, in case of accidents. At six o'clock in the morning, Mr. Straker, Mr. Anderson, the overman of the colliery, and six other persons, descended the William Pit, and began to traverse the north drift towards the plane board.
עמוד 439 - ... feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many large trees. The residue, with the hill on both sides, is one solid rock of limestone. The arch approaches the Semielliptical form; but the larger axis of the ellipsis, which would be the cord of the arch, is many times longer than the transverse.