 ... of St. Paul's, owing to its elevation (about 50 feet above the plain), and the water which almost surrounds it, are in general remarkably clean ; the material with which they are paved, is lamillary grit-stone, cemented by oxide of iron, and containing...  Thayer Expedition: Scientific Results of a Journey in Brazil - Side 511af Charles Frederick Hartt, Louis Agassiz - 1870 - 620 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1812 - 680 sider
...grit-stone, cemented by oxide of iron, and containing large pebbles of rounded quartz, approximating to the conglomerate. This pavement is an alluvial...diligently sought for by the poorer sort of people.' p. 67. • Owing to its elevated site, the heat is very moderate, and the air healthy. The houses are... | |
 | John Mawe - 1812 - 422 sider
...grit-stone, cemented by oxide of iron, and containing large pebbles of rounded quartz, approximating to the conglomerate. This pavement is an alluvial...diligently sought for by the poorer sort of people. This city was founded by the Jesuits, who were probably tempted by the gold mines in the vicinity,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1812 - 668 sider
...grit-stone, cemented by oxide of iron, and containing large pebbles of rounded quartz, approximating to the conglomerate. This pavement is an alluvial...such seasons are diligently sought for by the poorer surt of people.' p. 67. • Owing to its elevated site, the heat is very moderate, and the air healthy.... | |
 | 1813 - 818 sider
...gritstone, cemented by oxide of iron, and containing larce pebbles of rounded quartz, approximating to the conglomerate. This pavement is an alluvial formation containing gold, many panicles of which metal are found in the chinks and hollows after heavy rains, and at such seasons... | |
 | Antonio de Alcedo - 1814 - 654 sider
...grit-stone, cemented by oxide of iron, and containing large pebbles of rounded quartz, approximating to the conglomerate. This pavement is an alluvial...diligently sought for by the poorer sort of people. This city was founded by the Jesuits, who were probably tempted by the gold mines in the vicinity,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1817 - 746 sider
...grit stone, cemented by oxide of iron, and containing large pebbles of rounded quartz, approximating to the conglomerate. This pavement is an alluvial...diligently sought for by the poorer sort of people." Mawe, p. 67. 17 A Paulista told Simatn de Vasconcellos, that with twenty labourers, and in one search,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1821 - 976 sider
...oxide of iron, and containing large pebbles of rounded quartz, approximating to the conglomerate. Thin pavement is an alluvial formation containing gold,...diligently sought for by the poorer sort of people. : This city was founded by the Jesuits, who were probably te,mpted by the gold mines in the vicinity,... | |
 | Charles Frederick Hartt, Louis Agassiz - 1870 - 678 sider
...is this conglomerate that is intermingled with grains of gold. They give it the name of cascaUto.\ " The mining takes place in open cuttings, and the extraction...diligently sought for by the poorer sort of people." Sec also Spix and Martins, " Travels in Brazil," English Translation, London, p. 21. * Aunales fa Minfs,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1813 - 824 sider
...approximating to the conglomerate. This pavement is nn alluvial form-men containing gold, many psriicles of which metal are found in the chinks and hollows...diligently sought for by the poorer sort of people. Thi« city was founded by the Jesuits, who were prohably tempted by the gold mines in the vicinity,... | |
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