Philosophical Magazine, Volume 5Taylor & Francis., 1829 - Physics |
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Page 243
St . Michael's Mount is a small island nearly three hundred feet high , situated in the bay , at a distance of about three miles from Penzance ; the greater part of it consists of granite ; the killas appears only on the northern side ...
St . Michael's Mount is a small island nearly three hundred feet high , situated in the bay , at a distance of about three miles from Penzance ; the greater part of it consists of granite ; the killas appears only on the northern side ...
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This rock " is nearly co - extensive with the calciferous sandrock ; wherever the sandstone skirts the ridges of gneiss , the limestone overlays it , generally commencing from one to three or four miles from the foot of the gneias range ...
This rock " is nearly co - extensive with the calciferous sandrock ; wherever the sandstone skirts the ridges of gneiss , the limestone overlays it , generally commencing from one to three or four miles from the foot of the gneias range ...
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While the arch is near the horizon , its breadth from north to south is considerable , and the streamers of which it is composed appear to be nearly at right angles to the general line of the arch , their directions converging to a ...
While the arch is near the horizon , its breadth from north to south is considerable , and the streamers of which it is composed appear to be nearly at right angles to the general line of the arch , their directions converging to a ...
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Dr Bigsbys Sketch of the Topography and Geology of Lake | 1 |
Capt B Halls Letter inclosing a Communication from Peter | 15 |
Mr Ivory on the Method of deducing the Difference of Lon | 24 |
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