Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries, from the Time of Columbus to the Present Period ...E. Newbery, 1801 - Discoveries in geography |
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Page 280 - Find the ratio (i) of the momenta, (ii) of the kinetic energies of a mass of 8 oz. moving at the rate of a mile and a half an hour, and a mass io kilogrammes moving at the rate of 2 metres per second.
Page 171 - In the ferry-boat were two Sicques going to the fort, of which, a detachment they belonged to, had taken possession, in consequence of being called in to the assistance of the Bissouly chief. Though this be the invariable result of every connection made with the Sicques, the infatuated mountaineers never fail to seek their aid when engaged in war.
Page 152 - Mreeks — so well did these cavaliers fare. No sooner had they alighted. than beds were prepared for their repose, and their horses were supplied with green barley pulled out of the field. The Kafilah travellers were contented to lodge on the ground, and expressed their thanks for permission to purchase what they required; — such is the difference between those who were ia, and those who were out of power.
Page 176 - ... Kashmerians, who carry their extremely heavy burdens, two of which are considered a load for a strong mule, upon their back, as a soldier does his knapsack. When he desires to rest, the porter places under his pack a kind of short crutch, which he uses in walking. " The shawls, when exported from Kashmere, are packed in an oblong bale containing a certain weight or quantity, which in the language of the country is termed a biddenj, the outward covering of which is a buffalo or ox's hide, strongly...
Page 158 - Kalour, is a strong hold .on an eminence, called the Kote Kangrah, the reduction of which detained Acbar, who commanded the expedition in person, a whole year, according to the tradition of this quarter. To reward one of his officers who had signalized himself in this service, he bestowed on him the captured fort, with a considerable space of adjacent territory. The descendants of this chief, who are of the...
Page 198 - Suliman, forms one fide of a grand portal to the lake, and on the other ftands a lower hill, elegantly clothed with gardens and orchards. The northern view of the lake is terminated, at the diftance of twelve miles, by a detached range of mountains, that...
Page 139 - Affoffud-Dowlah, or, as he is often entitled, the Vizier of the Empire, our traveller 'made the following remarks on the Oude government : This country is bounded on the north by...
Page 251 - ... the portable chattels, of the poor mollah without ceremony, and in an authoritative tone, declared the place affigned to the ufe of the hadji, whom he reprefented as be« ing of great rank and confequence.
Page 127 - Lutteef-ghur is fituated in the centre of a circular range of hills, from the fummit of which, a thick and high wood reaches to the walls of the fort. The air in this place being deprived of a quick circulation, has acquired a malignant quality, and communicates its pernicious inftuence to all animal bodies. It is in fuch f'tuations as this, that a difeafe is produced, which, under the name of,