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Pagina 17
... nearly within 52 and 53 degrees north latitude and 2 and 3 degrees west lon- gitude from London . It is stated to be about forty - four miles long from north to south , twenty - eight broad from east to west , and an hundred and thirty ...
... nearly within 52 and 53 degrees north latitude and 2 and 3 degrees west lon- gitude from London . It is stated to be about forty - four miles long from north to south , twenty - eight broad from east to west , and an hundred and thirty ...
Pagina 21
... nearly parallel with the Welsh border , is a band of Coal Strata extending from the Dee to the Severn . The Coal , in many parts of this tract , is wrought to a considerable extent , and , beside its domestic use , is largely employed ...
... nearly parallel with the Welsh border , is a band of Coal Strata extending from the Dee to the Severn . The Coal , in many parts of this tract , is wrought to a considerable extent , and , beside its domestic use , is largely employed ...
Pagina 22
... nearly north and south ; its figure very exactly resembling that of a whale asleep on the surface of the sea . The most precipitous side of the mountain , is the eastern ; its height is about 1100 feet . * East- ward of the Wrekin is ...
... nearly north and south ; its figure very exactly resembling that of a whale asleep on the surface of the sea . The most precipitous side of the mountain , is the eastern ; its height is about 1100 feet . * East- ward of the Wrekin is ...
Pagina 24
... nearly north - east and south- west . Two of these have thrown the strata on the east and west sides , from one to two hundred yards lower than they are in the middle . This elevated middle district , which does not affect the surface ...
... nearly north - east and south- west . Two of these have thrown the strata on the east and west sides , from one to two hundred yards lower than they are in the middle . This elevated middle district , which does not affect the surface ...
Pagina 25
... nearly in a right line to Ludlow . The form of these hills is the same with that of every other limestone range , at a suffi- cient distance from the primitive mountains . The outline of a limestone hill commonly rises from the plane of ...
... nearly in a right line to Ludlow . The form of these hills is the same with that of every other limestone range , at a suffi- cient distance from the primitive mountains . The outline of a limestone hill commonly rises from the plane of ...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... Edward Wedlake Brayley,John Britton Volledige weergave - 1813 |
The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations ..., Volume 18,Deel 1 John Britton Volledige weergave - 1813 |
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