| 1854 - 686 páginas
...more, connecting the field above and the viilley below ; they look so slender that we wonder at thtir absolute uniformity and perfect whiteness throughout...air, — never disappearing under debris ; but on appronehing these seeming threads we are astonished at their volume, which is usually such as completely... | |
| 1853 - 188 páginas
...single threads of snow white water stretch down a steep of 2,000 feet or more, connecting the f jeld above and the valley below ; they look so slender...we wonder at their absolute uniformity and perfect wliiteness tliroughout so great a space — never dissipated in air, never disappearing under debris... | |
| 1854 - 632 páginas
...descends, and rivetting the imagination for a long time together in the attempt to trace its subtile ramifications. The sound is rather a murmur than a...threads we are astonished at their volume, which is usually such as completely to stop communication from bank to bank."— P. 250. The source of all this... | |
| 1854 - 526 páginas
...and more effectively in a series of broken falls, spreading laterally as it descends, and riveting the imagination for a long time together in the attempt...never dissipated in air, never disappearing under débris; but on approaching these seeming threads we are astonished at their volume, which is usually... | |
| 1854 - 796 páginas
...single threads of snow white water stretch down a steep of 2,000 feet or more, connecting thejield above and the valley below ; they look so slender...never dissipated in air, never disappearing under dtlirii ; but on approaching these seeming threads we are astonished at their volume, which is usually... | |
| 1854 - 788 páginas
...single threads of snow white water stretch down a steep of 2,000 feet or more, connecting tin1 /<VW above and the valley below ; they look so slender...never dissipated in air, never disappearing under drl/rit ; but on approaching these seeming threads we are astonished at their volume, which is usually... | |
| University magazine - 1854 - 790 páginas
...steep of 2,000 feet or more, connecting tiießeld above and the valley below ; they look so slerrdcr that we wonder at their absolute uniformity and perfect...never dissipated in air, never disappearing under debrit ; but on approaching these seeming threads we are astonished at their volume, which is usually... | |
| Scientific and technical reader - 1869 - 408 páginas
...of being repelled by the wild tempest of air which accompanies the greater cataract. At other times, threads of snow-white water stretch down a steep of...threads we are astonished at their volume, which is usually such as completely to stop communication from bank to bank. The source of this astonishing... | |
| English literature - 1874 - 274 páginas
...times, threads of snow-white water stretch down a steep of 2000 feet or more, connecting the fjeld above and the valley below. They look so slender that...at their absolute uniformity and perfect whiteness through so great a space, never dissipated in air, never disappearing under debris; but on approaching... | |
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