 | 1825 - 432 pàgines
...remarkable in no other respect, is reflected in the waters of the Elbe. About four miles farther up, the valley closes ; the mountains become more lofty...were placed on a right truncated cone, resembling exact I y, but on an infinitely greater scale, what often occurs in caverns, where the descending stalactite... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 588 pàgines
...accompaniment at — Tuba, mirum spargens sonum , • Pet sepulchra regionum, Cogct omnes ante thronum. tain elevation, they begin to dilate again as they rise...an infinitely greater scale, what often occurs in caserns, where the descending stalactite rests on an ascending stalagmite. The abyss which lies deep... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1838 - 612 pàgines
...any other between its source and the sea. " About four miles beyond Pillnitz the valley of the Elbe closes; the mountains become more lofty and bare ;...descending stalactite rests on an ascending stalagmite. " — Russel's Germany. The rock of this district, which exhibits these phenomena, is the quadersandstein... | |
 | 1838 - 582 pàgines
...any other between its source and the sea. " About four miles beyond Pillnitz the valley of the Elbe closes ; the mountains become more lofty and bare...right truncated cone, resembling exactly, but on an in6nitely greater scale, what often occurs in caverns, where the descending stalactite rests on an... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1839 - 574 pàgines
...any other between its source and the sea. " About four miles beyond Pillnitz the valley of the Elbe closes; the mountains become more lofty and bare ;...where the descending stalactite rests on an ascending stalagmite."—VtV, 1 ;sel's Germany. All that is best worth noticing, is described in the following... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1839 - 574 pàgines
...narrow openings reaching from the summit to the very bottom, as if a cement, which once united them, bad been washed away. These perpendicular masses, again,...descending stalactite rests on an ascending stalagmite. " — Russel's Germany. The rock of this district, which exhibits these phenomena, is the quadersandsteiu... | |
 | William Guthrie - 1843 - 848 pàgines
...in»erted pyramids, increasing in breadth as they (hoot higher into the air. Occasionally, they presenta still more singular appearance; for, after tapering...to a certain elevation, they begin to dilate again аз they rise higher, as if au inverted truncated cone were placed on a right truncated cone, resembling... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1845 - 674 pàgines
...principally on the right bank, consisting of a coarse-grained sandstone, are cut in all directions into gorges, as if the chisel had been used to hew passages...descending stalactite rests on an ascending stalagmite." — linsseTs Germany. The rock of this district, which exhibits these phenomena, is the Quadersandstein... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), John Murray (publishers.) - 1850 - 676 pàgines
...principally on the right bank, consisting of a coarsegrained sandstone, are cut in all directions into gorges, as if the chisel had been used to hew passages...placed on a right truncated cone, resembling exactly, bu" on an infinitely greater scale, what often occurs in caverns, where the descending stalactite-... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), John Murray (publishers.) - 1852 - 662 pàgines
...form. Some have a huge rounded mase reclining on their summit, which appears scarcely broad cnoxigh to poise it ; others have a more regular mass laid...descending stalactite rests on an ascending stalagmite." — Biissell's Gernvmy. The rock of this district, which exhibits these phenomena, is the Quadersandstein... | |
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... gorges, as if the chisel had been used to hew passages through them. They should rather be called lanes, so narrow are they, so deeply sunk, and so smoothly perpendicular do the gigantic walls of rock rise on both sides. The walls themselves are cut... 
