The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina xii
... lakes , morasses , cascades , and plateaus illustrate on a small scale the physical geography of other rivers , or are illustrated by it ; while " ana- stomosis , " or the connection of two water systems by the intervention of a third ...
... lakes , morasses , cascades , and plateaus illustrate on a small scale the physical geography of other rivers , or are illustrated by it ; while " ana- stomosis , " or the connection of two water systems by the intervention of a third ...
Pàgina 3
... lakes by which his waters are swelled , it was looked upon as a crowning objection to the scheme , that " father Tiber would be unwilling to be bereft of his affluent streams , and to flow hereafter with diminished pride . " His defects ...
... lakes by which his waters are swelled , it was looked upon as a crowning objection to the scheme , that " father Tiber would be unwilling to be bereft of his affluent streams , and to flow hereafter with diminished pride . " His defects ...
Pàgina 9
... lake of Thrasymene is discharged . The emissary originates in the south eastern bay of the lake , but when , or by whom , the work was executed is matter of dispute . Thirty and a half miles further on , the Tiber is joined by the ...
... lake of Thrasymene is discharged . The emissary originates in the south eastern bay of the lake , but when , or by whom , the work was executed is matter of dispute . Thirty and a half miles further on , the Tiber is joined by the ...
Pàgina 10
... lake of Chiusi , may be considered as the head waters of the Tuscan Chiana , the torrent of the Astrone , rising in ... lakes . The change was effected by canalizing the streams , and by the process called warping , which is the * Qual ...
... lake of Chiusi , may be considered as the head waters of the Tuscan Chiana , the torrent of the Astrone , rising in ... lakes . The change was effected by canalizing the streams , and by the process called warping , which is the * Qual ...
Pàgina 12
... lakes extended themselves over a wider area , filling the whole plain between the mountains , until the excess of water escaped over the brow of the ... lake . Up to the time of the Empire they continued to 12 DESCRIPTION OF THE TIBER .
... lakes extended themselves over a wider area , filling the whole plain between the mountains , until the excess of water escaped over the brow of the ... lake . Up to the time of the Empire they continued to 12 DESCRIPTION OF THE TIBER .
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