John Ledyard's Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788, Volume 2University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1964 - 698 pages |
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Page 274
... thick & no thicker the Ice ; but finding on Enquiry both among the Russ & Yakutee that they never saw any Ice thicker ( meaning solid transparent Ice ) it obliged me to change my Opinion ; Join the /p.132/ observations I had made in my ...
... thick & no thicker the Ice ; but finding on Enquiry both among the Russ & Yakutee that they never saw any Ice thicker ( meaning solid transparent Ice ) it obliged me to change my Opinion ; Join the /p.132/ observations I had made in my ...
Page 275
... thickness if so thick . At Yakutsk the Ice ( for they cannot carry water ) that they bring on their sledges from the Lena for domestick use in large Casks was not thicker the Ice Windows there are taken from the Lena & are nothing but ...
... thickness if so thick . At Yakutsk the Ice ( for they cannot carry water ) that they bring on their sledges from the Lena for domestick use in large Casks was not thicker the Ice Windows there are taken from the Lena & are nothing but ...
Page 276
... thickness /p.135/ of the Ice in a River near the Pole would be only 20 Inches thicker , but what can be inferred from this That Ice in different situations is of different thickness but that the thickness of Ice formed by Congelation ...
... thickness /p.135/ of the Ice in a River near the Pole would be only 20 Inches thicker , but what can be inferred from this That Ice in different situations is of different thickness but that the thickness of Ice formed by Congelation ...
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