 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1845 - 320 pagina’s
...from 1 to 6 correspond with those referring to similar colours in the map of the Niagara district, PI. III. Vol. I. p. 30., in which the usual position of...whirlpool, where the drift occurs, described in Vol. II. p. 93., as connected with the valley of St. David's. The next notch and projection, half a mile lower... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1845 - 344 pagina’s
...to 6 correspond with those referring to similar colours in the map of the Niagara district, Pi. IIL Vol. I. p. 30., in which the usual position of North...whirlpool, where the drift occurs, described in Vol. II. p. 93., as connected with the valley of St. David's. The next notch and projection, half a mile lower... | |
 | 1851 - 622 pagina’s
...wonders ot * to feel iu full mnjmificence ..... "When the N' the rapids it descends over a limestone bed about fifty feet in less than a mile, and is then thrown down about 1C5 feet perpendicularly at the Falls. The largest of these, called the Horse-shoe Fall, is 1800 feet,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1855 - 304 pagina’s
...from 1 to 6 correspond with those referring to similar colours in the map of the Niagara district, PI. III. Vol. I. p. 30., in which the usual position of...dimensions of these and the ravine, see Vol. I. p. 3 1 . The river then flows for seven miles in the ravine with a fall of 100 feet. The first notch on... | |
 | Adam Lillie - 1855 - 316 pagina’s
...scarcely exceeds as many feet, but on reaching the rapids, it descends over a Limestone bed about 150 feet in less than a mile, and is then thrown down about 165 feet perpendicularly at the Falls. The deep narrow chasm below the great cataract is from 200 to 400 yards wide, and 300 feet deep ; and... | |
 | Adam Lillie - 1855 - 312 pagina’s
...scarcely exceeds as many feet, but on reaching the rapids, it descends over a Limestone bed about 150 feet in less than a mile, and is then thrown down about 165 feet perpendicularly at the Falls. The deep narrow chasm below the great cataract is from 200 to 400 yards wide, and 300 feet deep ; and... | |
 | Charles Mason Dow - 1921 - 764 pagina’s
...scarcely exceeds as many feet, but on reaching the rapids, it descends over a limestone bed about 50 feet in less than a mile, and is then thrown down about 165 feet perpendicularly at the Falls. The largest of these, called the Horseshoe Fall, is 1800 feet, or more than a third of a mile, broad,... | |
 | Charles Mason Dow - 1921 - 776 pagina’s
...scarcely exceeds as many feet, but on reaching the rapids, it descends over a limestone bed about 50 feet in less than a mile, and is then thrown down about 1 65 feet perpendicularly at the Falls. The largest of these, called the Horseshoe Fall, is 1 800 feet,... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature - 1921 - 784 pagina’s
...scarcely exceeds as many feet, but on reaching the rapids, it descends over a limestone bed about 50 feet in less than a mile, and is then thrown down about 1 65 feet perpendicularly at the Falls. The largest of these, called the Horseshoe Fall, is 1 800 feet,... | |
 | Adam Lillie - 1855 - 318 pagina’s
...scarcely exceeds as many feet, but on reaching the rapids, it descends over a Limestone bed about 150 feet in less than a mile, and is then thrown down about 165 feet perpendicularly at the Falls. The deep narrow chasm below the great cataract is from 200 to 400 yards wide, and 300 feet deep ; and... | |
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L, and to map, PI. III., and^ to the observations made at p. 93 and 95., Vol. II., will enable the reader to understand the details exhibited in this view. The numbers on the right-hand margin from 1 to 6 correspond with those referring to similar colours... 