The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Volume 19A. and C. Black, 1835 - Science |
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... ridge extend- ing from the lofty summits down to this point . It may strictly be denominated a chain consisting of a series of denticulated summits , separated from each other by precipitous paris or passes . The most elevated part of ...
... ridge extend- ing from the lofty summits down to this point . It may strictly be denominated a chain consisting of a series of denticulated summits , separated from each other by precipitous paris or passes . The most elevated part of ...
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... ridge , extending to the north - west , is 1638 English feet above the level of the sea . But the north- east and ... ridges . Few precipices are seen on this side , and none of any magnitude except at the head of the valleys in the ...
... ridge , extending to the north - west , is 1638 English feet above the level of the sea . But the north- east and ... ridges . Few precipices are seen on this side , and none of any magnitude except at the head of the valleys in the ...
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... ridge generally correspond to the point of junction of one of the lateral ridges , and the intervening passes to the head of one of the valleys . The general direction of the highest part of the chain forms nearly the same angle with ...
... ridge generally correspond to the point of junction of one of the lateral ridges , and the intervening passes to the head of one of the valleys . The general direction of the highest part of the chain forms nearly the same angle with ...
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... ridge , and the lateral ridges descending from the above two mountains . This plateau of Aunanu thus forms an immense circus , bounded on all sides , except where open , by tre- mendous precipices , of which a most magnificent view in ...
... ridge , and the lateral ridges descending from the above two mountains . This plateau of Aunanu thus forms an immense circus , bounded on all sides , except where open , by tre- mendous precipices , of which a most magnificent view in ...
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... ridges of the two chains , are needle - shaped or conical . Raala is table - shaped . I put out of view at present the isolated hills rising out of the plains . The distance between the two parallel lines of direction of the moun- tain ...
... ridges of the two chains , are needle - shaped or conical . Raala is table - shaped . I put out of view at present the isolated hills rising out of the plains . The distance between the two parallel lines of direction of the moun- tain ...
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Page 193 - In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Page 198 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters, which were under the firmament from the waters, which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 193 - And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
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Page 199 - And he said, what hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
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Page 199 - My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
Page 11 - The volumes of two spheres are to each other as the cubes of their radii, or as the cubes of their diameters.
Page 198 - Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?