Scenery, Science and Art: Being Extracts from the Note-book of a Geologist and Mining EngineerJ. Van Voorst, 1854 - 323 páginas |
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... Science and Art 117 IV . The Central Plateau and Natural Passes of Spain . A Visit to Granada and the Alhambra 132 V. The Valley of the Alpujarras - the last Resort of the Moors in Europe 145 ISLAND OF SARDINIA . I. The Coast , the Country.
... Science and Art 117 IV . The Central Plateau and Natural Passes of Spain . A Visit to Granada and the Alhambra 132 V. The Valley of the Alpujarras - the last Resort of the Moors in Europe 145 ISLAND OF SARDINIA . I. The Coast , the Country.
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... natural variety and succes- sion of views , until the huge mass of building that towers over . Nantes comes into view ; but from this point the bustle and life of a great town begin to alter the style of the scenery . Here too we begin ...
... natural variety and succes- sion of views , until the huge mass of building that towers over . Nantes comes into view ; but from this point the bustle and life of a great town begin to alter the style of the scenery . Here too we begin ...
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... natural elevation , and has long served as a watch- tower . From its present summit , no doubt much below the original one , the coast - line of the Mediterranean is seen near Cette , and the greater part of the Delta of the Rhone is ...
... natural elevation , and has long served as a watch- tower . From its present summit , no doubt much below the original one , the coast - line of the Mediterranean is seen near Cette , and the greater part of the Delta of the Rhone is ...
Página 40
... natural moat overlooking the river or rather torrent ( the Gave de Pau ) which rushes past , and sepa- rates the town from the cultivated land towards the mountains . Small , and destitute of any claim to architectural beauty , this ...
... natural moat overlooking the river or rather torrent ( the Gave de Pau ) which rushes past , and sepa- rates the town from the cultivated land towards the mountains . Small , and destitute of any claim to architectural beauty , this ...
Página 43
... natural resources of the country to a great extent . It is capable of yielding large quantities of corn , wine and oil , and though at present poor , possesses all the material of great wealth . Connected on the one side with Bordeaux ...
... natural resources of the country to a great extent . It is capable of yielding large quantities of corn , wine and oil , and though at present poor , possesses all the material of great wealth . Connected on the one side with Bordeaux ...
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abundant Algiers Alpujarras Amposta appears Aubin Aveyron bands basalt beauty beds Berja Cagliari chain character Cheliff Cherchel chiefly Chiffa coal coal-field coast coloured commenced considerable consists constructed copper crossing cultivated Délémont deposits distance district east Ebro elevation entering exist extending extremely feet France French gorge gossan granite ground hills houses inhabitants interesting interior island Kanawha kind labour land less limestone lode lofty Madrid Mediterranean miles mineral mines Moorish mountains Mouzäia natural nearly numerous obtained occasionally occupied Ohio oolite passing peculiar picturesque Pittsburg plains Porrentruy present principal Pyrenees pyrites quantity quartz range reached remarkable rich ridge rising river road rocks Rodez Roman Sahel sandstone Sardinia scenery schists seams seen shales side Sierra Nevada soon Spain Spanish stream surface Tarragona Tenez tertiary thickness tion town tract traveller valley various vegetation veins village walls whole
Passagens conhecidas
Página 292 - The ore in both cases is an auriferous pyrites, occurring in a whitish or white schist. The vein is worked at a depth of 90 feet or thereabouts, but has been proved to 160, and remains uniform. It yields about 6 dwts.