The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina xi
... rains and snows fed the sea of waters which rolled tumultuously past his ship . He felt that the great object of his mission was accomplished , that his success was complete , and that not merely Hispaniola and Cuba , large as those ...
... rains and snows fed the sea of waters which rolled tumultuously past his ship . He felt that the great object of his mission was accomplished , that his success was complete , and that not merely Hispaniola and Cuba , large as those ...
Pàgina xix
... 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 Embankment of the Tiber Removal of ...
... 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 Embankment of the Tiber Removal of ...
Pàgina 9
... rains must bring down an enormous body of water . Into the Cina , one of its tributaries , by means of a tunnel , the overflow of the lake of Thrasymene is discharged . The emissary originates in the south eastern bay of the lake , but ...
... rains must bring down an enormous body of water . Into the Cina , one of its tributaries , by means of a tunnel , the overflow of the lake of Thrasymene is discharged . The emissary originates in the south eastern bay of the lake , but ...
Pàgina 12
... rains . The 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 precipice in which the plateau terminates . new To remedy this state of ...
... rains . The 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 precipice in which the plateau terminates . new To remedy this state of ...
Pàgina 14
... rains was the chief cause of inundations in the low country , and Bacci , whom I have mentioned as the author of a book upon the Tiber , held this opinion among the rest . The work , nevertheless , proceeded , but , like all the plans ...
... rains was the chief cause of inundations in the low country , and Bacci , whom I have mentioned as the author of a book upon the Tiber , held this opinion among the rest . The work , nevertheless , proceeded , but , like all the plans ...
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