 | Freiherr Leopold von Buch - 1813 - 482 páginas
...irregular and high tide in the Western Ocean is also an obstacle to accurate observation. It is possible that Sweden may rise more than Norway, and the northern more than the southern part.* In rain and darkness I at last reached Daglosten, nearly eighteen English miles to the south... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 500 páginas
...and are sustained by them in their present situation." f In the year 1807, Von Buch, after returning from a tour in Scandinavia, announced his conviction, " that the whole country, from Frederickshall in Sweden to Abo in Finland, and perhaps as far as St. Petersburgh, was slowly and insensibly rising"... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 464 páginas
...tour in Scandinavia, announced his conviction, " that the whole country, from Frederickshall in Sweden to Abo in Finland, and perhaps as far as St. Petersburg?!,...than Norway, and the northern more than the southern part.":}; He was led to these conclusions principally by information obtained from the inhabitants,... | |
 | sir Charles Lyell (bart.) - 1840 - 518 páginas
...whole country, from Frederickshall in Norway to Abo in Finland, and perhaps as far as St. Petersburgh, was slowly and insensibly rising." He also suggested...than Norway, and the northern more than the southern part"f He was led to these conclusions principally by information obtained from the inhabitants, and... | |
 | Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - 1848 - 856 páginas
...elevation of the land — an opinion confirmed by Von Buch, who, after exploring Sweden in 1807, expressed his conviction " that the whole country, from Frederickshall,...St. Petersburg, was slowly and insensibly rising." This declaration from so eminent an authority led to a more critical examination of the subject. Marks... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1854 - 454 páginas
...upraised deposits of shells belonging to species now inhabiting the Baltic and the Bothnian Gulf, and announced his conviction " that the whole country,...St. Petersburg, was slowly and insensibly rising." K He also conceived " that Sweden may rise more in the northern than in the southern part." All succeeding... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1868 - 692 páginas
...siistained by them in their present situation. 'f In the year 1807, Von Buch, after returning from a tour iu Scandinavia, announced his conviction, ' that the...than Norway, and the northern more than the southern part.' J He was led to these conclusions principally by information obtained from the inhabitants and... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1872 - 540 páginas
...forty inches in a century. In 1807 Von Buch wrote that all the country from Frcderickstadt, in Sweden, to Abo, in Finland, and perhaps as far as St. Petersburg, was slowly rising. Other authorities concurred, and lastly Sir Charles Lyell, who had approached the subject as... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1872 - 634 páginas
...upraised deposits of shells belonging to species now inhabiting the Baltic and the Bothnian Gulf, and announced his conviction ' that the whole country,...Petersburg, was slowly and insensibly rising.' He also conceived that ' Sweden may rise more in the northern than in the southern part.' All succeeding observers... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1872 - 540 páginas
...forty inches in a century. In 1807 Von Buch wrote that all the country from Frederickstadt, in Sweden, to Abo, in Finland, and perhaps as far as St. Petersburg, was slowly rising. Other authorities concurred, and lastly Sir Charles Lyell, who had approached the subject as... | |
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He was led to these conclusions principally by information obtained from the inhabitants, and pilots, and in part by the occurrence of marine shells of recent species, which he had found at several points on the coast of Norway above the level of the... 
