The Edinburgh Review, 30. kötetA. and C. Black, 1818 |
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2. oldal
... never indeed wanting , in this country , to gratify or amuse the curiosity of the public . - Mr Daines Barrington , a man of learning and some ingenuity , embraced with ardour the opi- nion of the possibility of approaching to the Pole ...
... never indeed wanting , in this country , to gratify or amuse the curiosity of the public . - Mr Daines Barrington , a man of learning and some ingenuity , embraced with ardour the opi- nion of the possibility of approaching to the Pole ...
3. oldal
... never venture to undertake any long journeys over the ice . Nor do they think it at all practicable to have loaded sledges dragged over a sur- face so rough and hilly , by the force of rein - deer or dogs . The paper of Mr Scoresby has ...
... never venture to undertake any long journeys over the ice . Nor do they think it at all practicable to have loaded sledges dragged over a sur- face so rough and hilly , by the force of rein - deer or dogs . The paper of Mr Scoresby has ...
15. oldal
... spongy texture has , in fact , the appearance of congealed syrup , or what the confectioners call water - ice . This saline ice can , therefore , never yield pure water ; yet 1818 . 15 Polar Ice , and a North - West Passage .
... spongy texture has , in fact , the appearance of congealed syrup , or what the confectioners call water - ice . This saline ice can , therefore , never yield pure water ; yet 1818 . 15 Polar Ice , and a North - West Passage .
16. oldal
... never much warmer , is , in the decline of the summer , soon cooled down to the limit at which congelation commences . About the end of July , or the begin- ning of August , a sheet of ice in the space of a single night is formed ...
... never much warmer , is , in the decline of the summer , soon cooled down to the limit at which congelation commences . About the end of July , or the begin- ning of August , a sheet of ice in the space of a single night is formed ...
20. oldal
... never depressed more than a degree or two during the continuance of any solar eclipse . But the idea is quite chimerical , that any winds could ever transport the Polar influence to our shores . It may be shown , from the results of ...
... never depressed more than a degree or two during the continuance of any solar eclipse . But the idea is quite chimerical , that any winds could ever transport the Polar influence to our shores . It may be shown , from the results of ...
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