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" There are some places in the sea where no bottom has yet been found. But we must not conclude that the sea is really bottomless ; an idea, which, if not absurd, is, at least, by no means conformable to the analogies of natural science. The mountains of... "
Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New ... - Page 147
by Conrad Malte-Brun - 1827
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Universal geography, or A description of all the parts of the world, Volume 1

Malthe Conrad Bruun - 1822 - 696 pages
...sea deepens f. Depth of There are some places in the sea where no bottom has the sea. y^ been found. But we must not conclude that the sea is really bottomless ; an idea, which, if not absurd, is at least 0 Donati, Storia Naturale Marina del Adriatico. Marsigli, Histoire Physique de la Mer. b Kircher, Mundus...
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Universal Geography: Or, A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New ...

Conrad Malte-Brun - 1829 - 552 pages
...the sea deepens, "f There are some places in the sea where no bottom has yet been found. ¡^pA of the But we must not conclude that the sea is really bottomless...feet. It is true, that they have been wasted down arçd lessened by the action of the elements ; it may, therefore, be reasonably concluded, that the...
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The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected ..., Volume 1

1832 - 666 pages
...gradually that the sea deepens. There are some places in the sea where no bottom has yet been found. But we must not conclude that the sea is really bottomless...not rise to 20,000 feet. It is true, that they have wasted down and lessened by the action of the elements ; it may, therefore, be reasonably concluded,...
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Supplement to the Connecticut Courant: Containing Tales, Travels ..., Volume 3

1832 - 548 pages
...gradually that the sea deepens. There are some places in the sea where no bottom has yet been found. But we must not conclude that the sea is really bottomless...least, by no means conformable to the analogies of rational science. The mountains of continents seem to correspond with what are called the abysses of...
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The Family Encyclopedia of Useful Knowledge and General Literature ...

John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 1028 pages
...gradually that the sea deepens. There are some places in the sea where по 1ю1tom has yet been found. But we must not conclude that the sea is really bottomless...abysses of the sea; but now the highest mountains (ft not rise to 20,000 feet. It is i true, that they have been wasted down and lessen- ! ed by the...
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The Pilot, or Sailors' magazine. [Continued as] Sailors' magazine

British and foreign sailors' society - 1837 - 442 pages
...green as a meadow ; and beneath are seen thousands of turtle and other sea-animals feeding thereon. The mountains of continents seem to correspond with what are called the abysses of the sea. The highest mountains do not rise above 25,000 feet ; and allowing for the effects of the elements,...
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Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 6

1839 - 580 pages
...thereon. There are some places of the sea where no bottom has yet been found ; still it is not bottomless. The mountains of continents seem to correspond with what are called the abysses of the sea. The highest mountains do not rise above twenty-five thousand feet ; and allowing for the effects of...
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The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp]., Volume 1

Robert Kemp Philp - 428 pages
...gradually that the sea deepens. There are some places in the sea where no bottom has yet T;een found. But we must not conclude that the sea is really bottomless...•which, if not absurd, is, at least, by no means comformable to the analogies of ' •natural science. The mountains of continents seem to correspond...
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