John Ledyard's Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788, Volume 2University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1964 - 698 pages |
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Page 183
... Ocean- Allow that where those rivers disembogue22 them- selves into the Ocean , they are only as wide , and as deep again : then I have a Column of Water 37 miles in breadth , and 592 fathoms in depth . But Considering the difference of ...
... Ocean- Allow that where those rivers disembogue22 them- selves into the Ocean , they are only as wide , and as deep again : then I have a Column of Water 37 miles in breadth , and 592 fathoms in depth . But Considering the difference of ...
Page 273
... Ocean from the Continent by these Conveyances alone would of itself in 12 months form an Ocean equal in solid Contents to the shallow one that at present barely covers the Earth beyond the Latitude of 70 North.- Also the circumstance of ...
... Ocean from the Continent by these Conveyances alone would of itself in 12 months form an Ocean equal in solid Contents to the shallow one that at present barely covers the Earth beyond the Latitude of 70 North.- Also the circumstance of ...
Page 274
... ocean froze & that it did not receive Ice from Rivers , & he assigned a very ex- cellent reason for it which is that Ice formed in Rivers floating in that Ocean must necessarily bring along with them Vegetable Substances of some kind ...
... ocean froze & that it did not receive Ice from Rivers , & he assigned a very ex- cellent reason for it which is that Ice formed in Rivers floating in that Ocean must necessarily bring along with them Vegetable Substances of some kind ...
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