| Charles William Vane Marquis of Londonderry - 1838 - 248 pagina’s
...sufficient to convert it into crystals, which, carried towards the banks by the action of the waves, form there shoals of salt of an immense extent. Magazines...crystal fields is such, that horses, chariots, and even camels, pass over them with the greatest safety. Ten other salt lakes are also found between the... | |
| James Joseph Louis Ratton - 1877 - 354 pagina’s
...Tomlinson says, " Bach of these basins is from 20 to 25 versts in circumference, and the action of the sun produces in them, during the summer season, crystals...crystal fields is such, that horses, chariots and camels pass safely over them." In sheltered swamps or in localities free from the constant pressure... | |
| 1846 - 344 pagina’s
...action of the waves, form there shoals of salt of an immense extent. These crystals, hy mutual contact, at length form thick and solid arches, which, like...whitens the upper layers, the lower ones preserve a hluish tint which, in some places, assumes a heautiful violet hue, and the solidity of these crystal... | |
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