 | Natural history - 1829 - 424 pages
...rocks being at the same time of shell limestone. All the shells are turned into carbonate of lime*, and many are crystallized like marble. I came upon...this season of the year, I cannot guess ; yet the suns ray's felt oppressive, and all the streams and lakes which were sheeted with ice during the night,... | |
 | 1830 - 222 pages
...are turned into carbonate of lime, and many are crystallized like marble. I came upon a village al a height of 14,700 feet; are you not surprised that...all the streams and lakes which were sheeted with ice during the night, were free and running by two o'clock. The finest crops of barley are reared here,... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1830 - 318 pages
...for the better on passing Arras into France.* CLIMATE OF THE HIMMALAYA. By a recent Traveller. I CAKE upon a village at a height of 14,700 feet; — are...October, and the thermometer on two mornings was 17 deg. ; yet the sun's rays felt oppressive, and all the streams and lakes which were sheeted with ice... | |
 | Science - 1830 - 420 pages
...rocks being at the same time of shell limestone. All the shells are turned into carbonate of lime, * and many are crystallized like marble. I came upon a village at a height of 1 4,700 feet ; — are you not surprized that human beings could exist at such an elevation ? It was... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1835 - 532 pages
...parts of Kunawur, Dr. Gerard writes, that ' he came upon a village at a height of 14,700 feet. It was the middle of October, and the thermometer on two mornings was 17°, yet the sun's rays were oppressive ; and all the streams and lakes, which were sheeted with iee during... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1835 - 522 pages
...parts of Kunawur, Dr. Gerard writes, that ' he came upon a village at a height of 14,700 feet. It was the middle of October, and the thermometer on two mornings was 17°, yet the sun's rays were oppressive ; and all the streams and lakes, which were sheeted with ice during... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - Great Britain - 1837 - 390 pages
...found at a height of 14,700 feet ; in the middle of October, the thermometer on two mornings was 17°; yet the sun's rays felt oppressive ', and all the streams and lakes which were sheeted with ice during the night, were free and running by two o'clock. The finest crops of barley are reared here,... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - East Indies - 1837 - 392 pages
...found at a height of 14,700 feet ; in the middle of October, the thermometer on two mornings was 17°; yet the sun's rays felt oppressive ', and all the streams and lakes which were sheeted with ice during the night, were free and running by two o'clock. The finest crops of barley are reared here,... | |
 | Asia - 1829 - 792 pages
...rocks being at the same time of shell-limestone. All the shells are turned into carbonate of lime, and many are crystallized like marble. I came upon...of October, and the thermometer on two mornings was )7° : what it is, at this season of the year, I cannot guess ; yet the sun's rays felt oppressive,... | |
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October, and the thermometer on two mornings was 17° : what it is, at this season of the year, I cannot guess; yet the sun's rays felt oppressive, and all the streams and lakes which were sheeted with ice during the night, were free and running by two... 