The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 18.
Pàgina xv
... difference of two inches . This I will undertake to shew in its proper place . Without a knowledge of the physical geography of the Tiber above Rome and of its meteorological conditions , it is impossible to say what quantity of water ...
... difference of two inches . This I will undertake to shew in its proper place . Without a knowledge of the physical geography of the Tiber above Rome and of its meteorological conditions , it is impossible to say what quantity of water ...
Pàgina 14
... differences of the contending parties . He ordered three additional openings to be made , imagining that a great deal of the water in descending from such a height would be lost in spray , so that the volume of water in the Velino would ...
... differences of the contending parties . He ordered three additional openings to be made , imagining that a great deal of the water in descending from such a height would be lost in spray , so that the volume of water in the Velino would ...
Pàgina 24
... difference , and of detecting essential difference beneath superficial re- semblance , constitutes a science in itself and requires a special training . Accordingly , we find that Gibbon , Arnold , and many others , adopt popular ...
... difference , and of detecting essential difference beneath superficial re- semblance , constitutes a science in itself and requires a special training . Accordingly , we find that Gibbon , Arnold , and many others , adopt popular ...
Pàgina 27
... 66 equabilis , " , " which is the reverse of truth ; for few rivers vary so much in height , thirty - five to forty feet being the difference between the two extremes . was dammed up , and if no rain fell within Navigation of the Tiber.
... 66 equabilis , " , " which is the reverse of truth ; for few rivers vary so much in height , thirty - five to forty feet being the difference between the two extremes . was dammed up , and if no rain fell within Navigation of the Tiber.
Pàgina 40
... difference of opinion having arisen as to the wholesome- ness of the Tiber , it was analyzed — according to the same Moroni - by Antonio Clementi , afterwards Professor in the University , and pronounced , not only fit to drink , but ...
... difference of opinion having arisen as to the wholesome- ness of the Tiber , it was analyzed — according to the same Moroni - by Antonio Clementi , afterwards Professor in the University , and pronounced , not only fit to drink , but ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
ancient animals Anio Anio Novus Apennines appears Aqua Aqua Marcia aqueducts banks basin birds bittern Bonini bridge Campagna canal caused channel Chiana Coloured Maps course Crown 8vo deposited described Dictionary dikes Dio Cassius discharged diverting Edition effect Elisée Reclus embankments engineers England English Essays fall feet fish floods flow height heron Horace hundred Illustrations inches inundations Italian Italy JOHN STUART MILL JOHN TYNDALL kingfisher lake Livy lower Lupus miles modern mouth Muræna Natural History navigable Nera object observed obstructions Ostia overflowed Plates Pliny Pliny the younger Ponte Molle Pope portion Post 8vo present day published by LONGMANS R. A. PROCTOR rain red mullet Ripetta rise river Romans Rome Science shew snow story Strabo stream sturgeon supposed surface Tacitus Terni Tiber tion torrent town Trajan Translated tributaries valley Velino velocity Virgil vols volume wind winter Wood Woodcuts ΙΟ
Passatges populars
Pàgina 7 - An OUTLINE of the NECESSARY LAWS of THOUGHT : a Treatise on Pure and Applied Logic.
Pàgina 9 - A GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON. Compiled by HG LIDDELL, DD Dean of Christ Church, and R. SCOTT, DD Dean of Rochester.
Pàgina 49 - Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in, And bade him follow ; so, indeed, he did. The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it aside, And stemming it with hearts of controversy. But ere we could arrive the point propos'd, Caesar cried,
Pàgina 16 - Practical Treatise on Metallurgy. Adapted from the last German Edition of Professor >>KERL's Metallurgy by W. CROOKES, FRS &c. and E. ROHRIG, Ph.D. 3 vols. 8vo. with 625 Woodcuts. £4.
Pàgina 12 - BIBLE ANIMALS ; a Description of every Living Creature mentioned in the Scriptures, from the Ape to the Coral.
Pàgina 16 - The Theory of Strains in Girders and similar Structures, with Observations on the application of Theory to Practice, and Tables of the : Strength and other Properties of Materials.
Pàgina 23 - TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE AND LIBRARY OF REFERENCE. Comprising an English Dictionary and Grammar, Universal Gazetteer, Classical Dictionary, Chronology, Law Dictionary, &c.
Pàgina 22 - A Book on Angling ; or, Treatise on the Art of Fishing in every branch ; including full Illustrated Lists of Salmon Flies. By FRANCIS FRANCIS. Post 8vo.
Pàgina 17 - Historical and Critical Commentary on the Old Testament; with a New Translation.
Pàgina 2 - Lectures on the History of England from the Earliest Times to the Death of King Edward II. By W. LONGMAN, FSA Maps and Illustrations. 8vo. 15*.