 The whole is a solid mass of rock in the form of a truncated cone, rising abruptly from the sea, and ascending, at an angle of 45 degrees, to the height of 3000 feet. This mass is surmounted by a dome, upwards of 5000 feet high, on the summit of which...  Notes on the colonial empire of Great Britain - Page 33de John Bowes (of Warrington.) - 1869Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1833 - 472 pages
...ascending at an angle of 45 degrees to the height of 3,000 feet. This mass is surmounted by a dome 5,000 feet high, on the summit of which is the crater of an old extinguished volcano. " The island is of a circular form, and about nine leagues in circumference.... | |
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1833 - 488 pages
...ascending at an angle of 45 degrees to the height of 3,000 feet. This mass is surmounted by a dome 5,000 feet high, on the summit of which is the crater of an old extinguished volcano. " The island is of a circular form, and about nine leagues in circumference.... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1837 - 644 pages
...angle of 45 degrees, to the height of 3000 feet. This mass is surmounted by a dome, upwards of 5000 feet high, on the summit of which is the crater of an old extinguished volcano. The face of this mountain, as far up as the base of the dome, is mostly covered... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1837 - 640 pages
...angle of 45 degrees, to the height of 3000 feet. This mass is surmounted by a dome, upwards of 5000 feet high, on the summit of which is the crater of an old extinguished volcano. The face of this mountain, as far up as the base of the dome, is mostly covered... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1839 - 646 pages
...angle of 45 degrees, to the height of 3000 feet. This mass is surmounted by a dome, upwards of 5000 feet high, on the summit of which is the crater of an old extinguished volcano. The face of this mountain, as far up as the base of the dome, is mostly covered... | |
 | 1820 - 806 pages
...degrees to the height of three thousand feet. This mass is surmounted by a dome upwards of five thousand feet high, on the summit of which is the crater of an old extinguished volcano. Along the north-west side of the island there is a plain about six miles... | |
 | 1820 - 782 pages
...degrees to the height of three thousand feet. This mass is surmounted by a dome upwards of five thousand feet high, on the summit of which is the crater of an old extinguished volcano. Along the north-west side of the island there is a, plain about six miles... | |
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