Notes on the State of Virginia: With an Appendix Relative to the Murder of Logan's FamilyWilson & Blackwell, 1803 - 363 sayfa |
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Sayfa 40
... raised only 52 1-2 feet above their present level , and of course would overflow the lands to that height only . In Vir- ginia this would be a very small proportion even of the champaign country , the banks of our tide waters being ...
... raised only 52 1-2 feet above their present level , and of course would overflow the lands to that height only . In Vir- ginia this would be a very small proportion even of the champaign country , the banks of our tide waters being ...
Sayfa 41
... raised as to overflow the low lands ad- jacent to it , as those of Egypt and , Armenia , which according to a tradition of the Egyptians and Hebrews , were overflowed about 2300 years before the Christian æra ; those of Attica , said to ...
... raised as to overflow the low lands ad- jacent to it , as those of Egypt and , Armenia , which according to a tradition of the Egyptians and Hebrews , were overflowed about 2300 years before the Christian æra ; those of Attica , said to ...
Sayfa 46
... raising the mercury to 200 ° . which is within twelve of boiling water . These springs are very much resorted to in spite of a total want of accommodation for the sick . Their waters are strongest in the hotest months , which occasions ...
... raising the mercury to 200 ° . which is within twelve of boiling water . These springs are very much resorted to in spite of a total want of accommodation for the sick . Their waters are strongest in the hotest months , which occasions ...
Sayfa 62
... raise the mouse to the bulk of the mammoth . The opinion advanced by the Count de Buf- fon , is 1. That the animals common both to the old and new world , are smaller in the latter . 2. That those peculiar to the new are on a smaller ...
... raise the mouse to the bulk of the mammoth . The opinion advanced by the Count de Buf- fon , is 1. That the animals common both to the old and new world , are smaller in the latter . 2. That those peculiar to the new are on a smaller ...
Sayfa 77
... a like diminution here . Where care has been taken of them on that side of the water , they have * VII . 474 . + In Williamsburg , April , 1769 , VIII . 48. 55. 6Q . H been raised to a size bordering on that of the [ 77 ]
... a like diminution here . Where care has been taken of them on that side of the water , they have * VII . 474 . + In Williamsburg , April , 1769 , VIII . 48. 55. 6Q . H been raised to a size bordering on that of the [ 77 ]
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