 | Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 548 pages
...place, premifing that the meafurements were made with a line, held in the hand of a perfon who flood at the top of the cliff, and. reaching to the bottom,...lower end of which was tied a .white mark, which was obferved by one who ftaid below for the purpofe : when this mark was fet off from the waterv the perfon... | |
 | John Knox - 1787 - 568 pages
...that the meafurements were made wiih a line, held in the hand of a perfon who flood at the top of a cliff, and reaching to the bottom, to the lower end of which was tied a white mark, which was obfcrved by one who llaid below for the \ the purpofe : when this mark was fet off from the water,... | |
 | 1801
...place, premifmg that the meafurements were made with a line, held in the hand of a perfon who flood at the top of the cliff", and reaching to the bottom, to the lower end of which wai tied a white mark, which was obferved by one who ftaid below for the purpofe: when this mark was... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 904 pages
...250 S3 ao 117 70 39 54 18 9 thaclc wilh a li::c, held in the hand of a prfun who fto,id at the top ol the cliff, and reaching to the bottom ; to the lower end of which was tied a white mark, which was obisrved by one who ftji.l below for the pt:rpcfe' : w lien this mark was let off from the water, the... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1809 - 970 pages
...place, premifing that the meafurements were made with a line, held in the hand of a perfon who ftood at the top of the cliff, and reaching to the bottom,...lower end of which was tied a white mark, which was obferved by one who ftaid below for the purpofe ; when this mark was fet off from the water, the perfon... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 548 pages
...the highest pillars, I shall mention my measurements of them, and the different strata in this place, premising that the measurements were made with a line,...in the hand of a person who stood at the top of the clilf, and reaching to the bottom, to the lower end of which was tied a white mark, which was observed... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 pages
...the highest pillars, I shall mention my measurements of them, and the different strata in this place, premising that the measurements were made with a line,...in the hand of a person who stood at the top of the clilij and reaching to the bottom, to the lower end of which was tied a white mark, which was observed... | |
 | 1816
...place, premifing, thai the meafurements were made with a line, held in the hand ot a perfon vim flood at the top of the cliff, and reaching to the bottom ; to the lower end of which wa« tied a white mark, which was obfcrved by one who ftaid below for the purpofe : when this inaik... | |
 | Rev. Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 562 pages
...the highest pillars, I shall mention my measurements of them, and the different strata in this place, premising that the measurements were made with a line,...who staid below for the purpose ; when this mark was set-off from the water, the person below noted it down, and made signal to him above, who made then... | |
 | 1821 - 174 pages
...the highest pillars, I shall mention my measurements of them, and the different strata in this place, premising that the measurements were made with a line, held in the hand «if a person who stood at the top of the cliff, and reaching to the bottom, to the lower end of which... | |
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... a person who stood at the top of the cliff, and reaching to the bottom, to the lower end of which was tied a white mark, which was... 
