 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1876 - 508 pages
...compass." The correct heights of the three roads of Glen Eoy are respectively 1,150, 1,070, and 860 above the sea. Hence a vertical distance of 80 feet...that impulse to which all scientific knowledge is due—the desire to know the causes of things; and it is a matter of surprise that in the case of the... | |
 | 1876 - 862 pages
...tempt the animals into the open paths after they were roused, in order that they might come within the reach of the bowmen who might conceal themselves in the woods above and below." In 1816 Playfair believed them to be aqueducts for artificial irrigation. In 1817 Dr. MacCulloch discussed... | |
 | 1877 - 804 pages
...tempt the animals into the open paths after they were roused, in order that they might come within the reach of the bowmen who might conceal themselves in the woods above and below." In 1816 Playfair believed them to be aqueducts for artificial irrigation. In 1817 Dr. MacCulloch discussed... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1879 - 522 pages
...the Eoyal Institution of Great Britain on June 9, 1876. VOL. I. S time. They thought that the roads ' were designed for the chase, and that the terraces...parallel roads, with their weird appearance challenging enquiry, this impulse did not make itself more rapidly and energetically felt. Their remoteness may... | |
 | Leeds Geological Association - 1885 - 878 pages
...order to tempt the inimals into the open paths after they were roused, in order that ihey might como within reach of the bowmen who might conceal themselves in the woods above and below. In the year 1817 Dr. MacCulloch, then president of the Geological Society, first pronounced them to be... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1892 - 482 pages
...delivered at the Boyal Institution of Great Britain on June 9, 1876. time. They thought that the roads ' were designed for the chase, and that the terraces...in the woods above and below.' In these attempts of c the country people ' we have an illustration of that impulse to which all scientific knowledge is... | |
 | 1893 - 114 pages
...cleared in lines from wood, in order to tempt the animals into the open paths after they were roused, in order that they might come within reach of the...conceal themselves in the woods above and below. In the year 1817 Dr. MacCulloch, then president of the Geological Society, first pronounced them to be... | |
 | Leeds Geological Association - 1893 - 114 pages
...cleared in lines from wood, in order to tempt the animals into the open paths after they were roused, in order that they might come within reach of the...conceal themselves in the woods above and below. In the year 1817 Dr. MacCulloch, then president of the Geological Society, first pronounced them to be... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1896 - 478 pages
...order that they might come within reach of the bowmen who might conceal themselves in the woods ahove and below.' In these attempts of ' the country people...parallel roads, with their weird appearance challenging enquiry, this impulse did not make itself more rapidly and energetically felt. Their remoteness may... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1897 - 448 pages
...delivered nt the Boyal Institution of Great Britain on June 9, 1876. time. They thought that the roads ' were designed for the chase, and that the terraces...parallel roads, with their weird appearance challenging enquiry, this impulse did not make itself more rapidly and energetically felt. Their remoteness may... | |
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were designed for the chase, and that the terraces were made after the spots were cleared in lines from wood, in order to tempt the animals into the open paths after they were rouzed, in order that they might come within reach of the bowmen who might... 
