| Dionysius Lardner - 1855 - 350 Seiten
...same density of the solar rays all climates in ascending on tropical mountains to various altitudes from the level of the sea to the line of perpetual snow. These points have been already so fully developed and explained, that we need not here further insist upon... | |
| 1856 - 962 Seiten
...Corcobado, Caylin, Alman, Comau, Reloncavi, and other places on the coast, frequently making excursions from the level of the sea to the line of perpetual snow. These bays generally run to the base of the central ridge of the Andes, and the rivers take their rise much further back in the interior. The whole... | |
| Josiah Crampton - 1876 - 678 Seiten
...— where we may experience all climates when we ascend on tropical mountains to various altitudes, from the level of the sea to the line of perpetual snow. Professor Tyndall, indeed, has endeavoured to show, on scientific principles, the manner in which it... | |
| John Lindley, Sir Joseph Paxton - 1883 - 290 Seiten
...Coreohado, Caylin, Alman, Coman, Reloncavi, and other places on the coast, frequently making excursions from the level of the sea to the line of perpetual snow. These hays generally run to the hase of the central ridge of the Andes, and the rivers take their rise much... | |
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