 | American Geographical and Statistical Society - 1852 - 610 pagina’s
...across from either of the above named places on this side, would pass to the north of the Grand Bunks, and rest on that beautiful plateau to which I have alluded, and where the water of the sen appears to bo as quiet, and as completely at rest as it is at the bottom of :i mill-pond.... | |
 | 1854 - 750 pagina’s
...the Atlantic Ocean, and constitutes the basin that holds its waters. A wire laid across from either of the above-named places on this side, will pass...as quiet and as completely at rest as it is at the botiom of a mill-pond. It is proper that the reasons should be stated for the inference that there... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1854 - 664 pagina’s
...the Atlantic Ocean, and constitutes the basin that holds its waters. " A wire laid across from either of the above-named places on this side, will pass to the north of the Orand Banks, and rest on that beautiful plateau to which I have alluded, and where the waters of the... | |
 | Charles Frederick Briggs, Augustus Maverick - 1858 - 452 pagina’s
...reaching soundings at either end of the line, and not in the deep sea. * * A wire laid across from either of the above-named places on this side will pass to...plateau to which I have alluded, and where the waters of * From Capo Freels, Newfoundland, to Erris Head, Ireland, the distance is 1,611 miles; from Cape Charles,... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1859 - 428 pagina’s
...not in the deep sea. " A wire laid across from either of the above-named places on this side would pass to the north of the Grand Banks and rest on that...beautiful plateau to which I have alluded, and where the water of the sea appears to be as quiet and as completely at rest as it is at the bottom of a mill-pond.... | |
 | Henry Martyn Field - 1866 - 402 pagina’s
...soundings at either end of the line, and not in the deep sea. . . . " A wire laid across from either of the above-named places on this side will pass to...Banks, and rest on that beautiful plateau to which I Lave alluded, and where the waters of the sea appear to be us quiet and as completely at rest as it.... | |
 | John Timbs - 1868 - 448 pagina’s
...big enough, to lay a coil of wire sixteen hundred miles in length. ... A wire laid across from either of the above-named places on this side will pass to...completely at rest as it is at the bottom of a mill-pond.' Strange that this 'beautiful plateau ' should occur at the narrowest part of the ocean, and between... | |
 | Philip Tocque - 1878 - 554 pagina’s
...the Atlantic Ocean, and constitutes the basin that holds its waters. " A wire laid across from either of the above-named places on this side will pass to...appear to be as quiet and as completely at rest as at the bottom of a mill-pond. " It is proper that the reasons should be stated for the inference that... | |
 | Henry Martyn Field - 1892 - 468 pagina’s
...soundings at either end of the line, and not in the deep sea. . . . "A wire laid across from either of the above-named places on this side will pass to...on that beautiful plateau to which I have alluded, where the waters of the sea appear to be as quiet and as completely at rest as at the bottom of a mill-pond.... | |
 | Henry Martyn Field - 1892 - 466 pagina’s
...soundings at either end of the line, and not in the deep sea. . . . "A wire laid across from either of the above-named places on this side will pass to...on that beautiful plateau to which I have alluded, where the waters of the sea appear to be as quiet and as completely at rest as at the bottom of a mill-pond.... | |
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A wire laid across from cither of the above-named places on this side will pass to the north of the Grand Banks, and rest on that beautiful plateau to which I have alluded, and where the waters of the sea appear to be as quiet and as completely at rest... 
