The History and Gazetteer of the County of Derby: Drawn Up from Actual Observation, and from the Best Authorities; Containing a Variety of Geological, Mineralogical, Commercial and Statistical Information ...publisher, 1831 - Derbyshire (England) |
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... spot , the possession of which has been disputed by the four neighbouring counties of Leicester , Stafford , Warwick , and Derby . The farthest projection to the east is at west longitude from Greenwich 1 ° 13 ′ ; it is at a place ...
... spot , the possession of which has been disputed by the four neighbouring counties of Leicester , Stafford , Warwick , and Derby . The farthest projection to the east is at west longitude from Greenwich 1 ° 13 ′ ; it is at a place ...
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... spot the roof of the cavern closes down upon the verge of the water , and further progress is precluded . Attempts have been made to open a passage to other caverns , but without success . The ingulfment of the stream which flows ...
... spot the roof of the cavern closes down upon the verge of the water , and further progress is precluded . Attempts have been made to open a passage to other caverns , but without success . The ingulfment of the stream which flows ...
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... spot , told Mr. Lloyd , after his return from this subterranean expedition , that there was formerly , in the floor of the great cavern , near to the large heap of stones , a second shaft , which had been covered by the miners , and was ...
... spot , told Mr. Lloyd , after his return from this subterranean expedition , that there was formerly , in the floor of the great cavern , near to the large heap of stones , a second shaft , which had been covered by the miners , and was ...
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... spot , both at Matlock and Buxton , that the warm springs had suffered no observable decrease of their water . Whence I conclude , that the sources of these warm springs were at a much greater depth below the sur- face of the earth than ...
... spot , both at Matlock and Buxton , that the warm springs had suffered no observable decrease of their water . Whence I conclude , that the sources of these warm springs were at a much greater depth below the sur- face of the earth than ...
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... spot where it loses its name in the Lathkil . A high rock , called Bradford Tor , crested with trees and light depending branches , occupies the right of the river that washes its base . The left bank is a verdant slope , surmounted ...
... spot where it loses its name in the Lathkil . A high rock , called Bradford Tor , crested with trees and light depending branches , occupies the right of the river that washes its base . The left bank is a verdant slope , surmounted ...
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