The Travels and Researchs of Alexander Von HumboldtJ.& J. Harper, 1833 |
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... miles . On the 8th , at sun- set , they discovered from the mast - head an English convoy ; and to avoid them they altered their course during the night . On the 9th they began to feel the effects of the great current which flows from ...
... miles . On the 8th , at sun- set , they discovered from the mast - head an English convoy ; and to avoid them they altered their course during the night . On the 9th they began to feel the effects of the great current which flows from ...
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... miles , while in 281 ° of lat . it is 59 ; and in the parallel of Charleston , opposite Cape Henlopen , it is from 138 to 173 miles , the rapidity being from three to five miles an hour where the stream is narrow , and only one mile as ...
... miles , while in 281 ° of lat . it is 59 ; and in the parallel of Charleston , opposite Cape Henlopen , it is from 138 to 173 miles , the rapidity being from three to five miles an hour where the stream is narrow , and only one mile as ...
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... miles high ; and one was measured , the elevation of which did not exceed 29,843 yards , or about 17 miles . In warm climates , and especially between the tropics , they often leave behind them a train which remains luminous for twelve ...
... miles high ; and one was measured , the elevation of which did not exceed 29,843 yards , or about 17 miles . In warm climates , and especially between the tropics , they often leave behind them a train which remains luminous for twelve ...
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... miles , supposing the eye at the level of the ocean , and the refraction equal to 0-079 of the distance . Navigators who fre- quent these latitudes find that the peaks of Teneriffe and the Azores are sometimes observed at very great ...
... miles , supposing the eye at the level of the ocean , and the refraction equal to 0-079 of the distance . Navigators who fre- quent these latitudes find that the peaks of Teneriffe and the Azores are sometimes observed at very great ...
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... miles . If it be admitted that the mean breadth of the Sugar - loaf is 639 feet , it will still subtend , at the distance now named , an angle of more than three minutes , which is enough to render it visible ; and were the height of ...
... miles . If it be admitted that the mean breadth of the Sugar - loaf is 639 feet , it will still subtend , at the distance now named , an angle of more than three minutes , which is enough to render it visible ; and were the height of ...
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