| James Gordon - 1805 - 314 oldal
...themselves ; that in the middle is 50 feet high, the Others gradually diminishing. On a minute examination, each pillar is found to be separable into several...the convex termination of one joint always meeting a concave socket in the next ; besides which, the angles of one frequently shoot over those of the... | |
| Sir Richard Colt Hoare - 1807 - 474 oldal
...* ; but the hexagonal columns are as numerous as all the others together. "On a minute inspection, each pillar is found to be separable into several...expression ; the convex termination of one joint, aliways meeting a concave socket in the next ; * Mr. Fairjas de St. Fond, took much pains to search... | |
| Stephen Barlow - 1814 - 556 oldal
...but the hexagonal columns are as numerous as all the others together. o . " Oil a minute inspection, each pillar is found to be separable into several...the convex termination of one joint always meeting a concave socket in the next ; besides which, the * " Monsieur Faujas de St. Fond took much pains to... | |
| Stephen Barlow - 1814 - 552 oldal
...* ; but the hexagonal columns are as numerous as all the others together. " Oa a minute inspection, each pillar is found to be separable into several...the convex termination of one joint always meeting a concave socket in the next ; besides which, the * " Monsieur Faujas de St. Fond took much pains to... | |
| James Hingston Tuckey - 1815 - 782 oldal
...minute inspection each pillar is found to be separable into several joints, whose articulations are neat and compact beyond expression, the convex termination of one joint always meeting a concave socket in the other. The island of lleghery or Rathlin of the maps, six miles from Fair Head,... | |
| 1817 - 646 oldal
...sides; but the hexagonal columns are as numerous as all the others together. On a minute inspection, each pillar is found to be separable into several...articulation is neat and compact beyond expression : the conyex termination of one joint always meeting a concave socket in the next ; besides which, the angles... | |
| William Wilson (topographer.) - 1820 - 424 oldal
...but tiie iexa?onal columiu are as (4ft Dumerous as all the others together. On a minute inspection, each pillar is found to be separable into several joints, whose articulation is inexpressibly neat and compact; the convex termination uf one joint always meeting a concave socket... | |
| Mary Martha Rodwell - 1834 - 360 oldal
...numerous as all the others together. On a minute examination, each pillar is found to be separable into joints, whose articulation is neat and compact beyond...the convex termination of one joint always meeting a concave socket in the next ; besides which the angles of one frequently shoot over those of the other,... | |
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