Essai Politique sur l'Ile de Cuba, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)

History

HUMBOLDT, Alexander von

Americas

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Excerpt from Asie Centrale, Vol. 1: Recherches sur les Chaines de Montagnes Et la Climatologie ComparéeParmi les recherches que l'on pourrait ap peler de Géologie comparée, j'ose signaler particulièrement une première détermination numérique de la hauteur moyenne des con tinents, c'est - à - dire de la hauteur du centre de gravité du volume des terres qui s'élèvent actuellement au-dessus du niveau de l'océan. Cet examen des hauteurs et de la surface du terrain qu'occupent les chaînes de montagnes et les plaines, semble nous révéler les régions de notre planète dans lesquelles les forces qui résident et se développent au sein de la terre, ont agi le plus puissamment pour soulever la croûte extérieure (i, p. 93 et Il a été lié par l'immortel auteur de la Mécanique cê leste 'a des considérations sur la profondeur moyenne des mers, liaison qui, selon Platar que, avait été vaguement entrevue par les physiciens d'alexandrie. Ces physiciens ad meteient que les points culminants des con tinents ne devraient pas excéder en hauteur la profondeur des plus grands abîmes dans le bassin de l'océan.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Asie Centrale, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint): Recherches sur les Chaines de Montagnes Et la Climatologie Comparée (French Edition)

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

Ensayo Politico Sobre el Reino de la Nueva-España, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) (Spanish Edition)

Excerpt from Ensayo Politico Sobre el Reino de la Nueva-España, Vol. 1Mi isituiacion indiv¡dual me ofrecia todos Im medios convenientes para conseguir el fin que me habia propuesto. Es verdad que no podia sacar materiales de ninguna obra impresa; pero tuve mi disposicion un gran número de me morias manuscritas de que por efecto de una activa curiosidad hay cºpias esparcidas en las mas remotas partes de las' colonias e5pañolas.compa raba los resultados de mis propias investigacio nes con los datos que me ofrecían varios docu mentos oficiales que ya años antes había reunido. Una temporada muy util aunque corta que pasé el año de' 1804 en Filadelfia y en Was bington, me dió ocasion de hacer varios cotejos entre el estado actual de los Estados - Unidos y el del Perú y Mágico que habia visitado poco tiempo__bacía.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Recueil D'observations De Zoologie Et D'anatomie Comparée: Faites Dans L'océan Atlantique, Dans L'interieur Du Nouveau Continent Et Dans La Mer Du ... Et 1803, Part 2, Volume 1... (French Edition)

Bonpland, A

Wentworth Press

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America: During the Years 1799-1804

Travel

HardPress Publishing

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1815 Excerpt: ... descend to thirteen or fourteen hundred toises of absolute elevation, lithe plants of Teneriffe do not reach the summit of the volcano, it is not because the perpetual suowsJ, and the cold of OfChinerfe the Europeans have formed, by corruption) Tchineriffe and Teneriffe. t I have partly sketched this picture of the vegetation of the Canaries from the manuscript notes of M. Broussonet. When I published my first " Essay on the Geography of the Equinoctial Plants of the New World," I begged this distinguished naturalist, who had long resided at Mogadore, in the empire of Morocco, and at Santa Cruz, in Teneriffe, to communicate to me his ideas relative to the geographical distribution of plants in those countries. He yielded to my entreaty with that complaisance and urbanity, which he constantly exercised in his communications with learned foreigners. v V Though the Peak of Tenerifle is covered with snow during the winter months only, it ia nevertheless possible) that fche volcano reaches the limit of the perpetual snows corresponding to its latitude, and that the total absence of the snows in summer is owing to the isolated situation of the mountain in the midst of the seas, to the frequency of the ascending hot winds, or the elevated temperature of the ashes of the Piton: but we are unable to solve these doubts, ia the present state of our knowledge. the surrounding atmosphere, lav down limits which they cannot pass; it is the scorified lava of the Malpays, the powdered and barren pumice stone of the Piton, which impede the migration of the plants toward the brink of the crater. From the parallel of the mountain of Mexico to that of the Pyrenees and the Alps, between the 20th and the 45th degrees, the curve of the perpetual snows has not been deter...

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, During the Years 1799-1804, by Alexander De Humboldt, and Aime bonpland: ; With Maps, Plans, & C.

Nature & Ecology

Ams Pr Inc

Political Essay on Kingdom of New Spain

Excerpt from Aspects of Nature, Vol. 1 of 2: In Different Lands and Different Climates; With Scientific ElucidationsNevertheless, notwithstanding faults which I can more easily perceive than amend, I venture to hope that these descriptions of the varied Aspects which Nature assumes in distant lands, may impart to the reader a portion of that enjoyment which is derived from their immediate contem plation by a mind susceptible of such impressions. As this enjoyment is enhanced by insight into the more hidden connection of the different powers and forces of nature, I have subjoined to each treatise scientific elucidations and additions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Aspects of Nature, Vol. 1 of 2: In Different Lands and Different Climates; With Scientific Elucidations (Classic Reprint)

Cosmos: Volume 2: Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe (Cambridge Library Collection: Physical Sciences (Audio))

Astronomy & Space Science

Cambridge University Press

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Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe; Volume III

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