The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina v
... causes , foresee their recurrence , or devise the means of limiting their effects ; for the idea of preventing them altogether I believe to be chimerical . As the Tiber never obtains more than a passing notice in the volumes which treat ...
... causes , foresee their recurrence , or devise the means of limiting their effects ; for the idea of preventing them altogether I believe to be chimerical . As the Tiber never obtains more than a passing notice in the volumes which treat ...
Pàgina vii
... causes , current among the ignorant and superstitious Italians , are adopted without hesitation , and given to the world as if they were undoubted truths . In order , therefore , to supplement these works , I have chosen a subject more ...
... causes , current among the ignorant and superstitious Italians , are adopted without hesitation , and given to the world as if they were undoubted truths . In order , therefore , to supplement these works , I have chosen a subject more ...
Pàgina xix
... Causes of the Inundations : Area of Basin . Rainfall Permeability of the Soil .... Number of Tributaries . Plans for Preventing Inundations : Widening and Deepening the Bed of the Tiber Diversion of a Portion of its Waters ... Proposed ...
... Causes of the Inundations : Area of Basin . Rainfall Permeability of the Soil .... Number of Tributaries . Plans for Preventing Inundations : Widening and Deepening the Bed of the Tiber Diversion of a Portion of its Waters ... Proposed ...
Pàgina 1
... causes , have formed the subject of conversation in every society , and various schemes have been suggested , by which ... caused it to be viewed with disfavour by many , and even regarded as a nuisance , and an objection to Rome as the ...
... causes , have formed the subject of conversation in every society , and various schemes have been suggested , by which ... caused it to be viewed with disfavour by many , and even regarded as a nuisance , and an objection to Rome as the ...
Pàgina 16
... caused great distress , and the suspension of those for crushing the olives would have entailed great loss on the district , as the last crop of that fruit had been unusually abundant . By means of canals drawn from a higher level the ...
... caused great distress , and the suspension of those for crushing the olives would have entailed great loss on the district , as the last crop of that fruit had been unusually abundant . By means of canals drawn from a higher level the ...
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