This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 Excerpt: ...through 6 months. The rivers, in consequence, overflow; and, on drying off, make the atmosphere unwholesome. In middle and lower Egypt it never rains, and the excessive fertility arises from the flood of the Nile. The natires do not credit the phenomenon of water falling from above. Hence it is, that;11 monuments are ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 Excerpt: ...through 6 months. The rivers, in consequence, overflow; and, on drying off, make the atmosphere unwholesome. In middle and lower Egypt it never rains, and the excessive fertility arises from the flood of the Nile. The natires do not credit the phenomenon of water falling from above. Hence it is, that;11 monuments are so nicely preserved. Ruckingliam found a building, left unfinished 3 or 4000 years since, and the ochrous marks of the workmen still perfect. Nothing abrades, nothing corrodes. A fog hangs for six months over Peru. Rain so seldom takes place, that a shower is a great calamity, since nothing is provided against one. At liombay, in 10 years. "8 inches per annum fell; in 1822, 113 inches; and, in 1824, but 34. In the Brazils, in 1821, 280 inches fell; and in Cayenne, 160 inches in February only. At Cuinana, it is but 8 inches in the year. But in Peru and Ejjypt it seldom rams. The fall of rain on the Malabar coast often exceeds 120 inches per annum, and at Madras but 50 2. Far more rain falls in the western than our eastern counties. The mean is about 30 inches, and near London 23-1, equal to 3000 tons to an acre. More by night than by day. Kirwan endeavoured to calculate the probabilities that particular seasons were followed by others. In forty-one years there were 6 Wet Springs, 22 dry, and 13 variable 20 Wet Summers, 16 dry, and 5 variable; 11 Wet Autumns, 11 dry, and 19 variable. A season is accounted wet, when it contains two wet months. The quantity of rain, in dry seasons, is less than 5 inches. In variable seasons there falls between 30 lbs. and 36 lbs, each equal to 157639 of an inch. A dry Spring was followed by a dry Summer 11 times a wet 8 a variable 3 A wet Spring was followed by a dry Summer 0 times a wet 5 a variable 1 A varia...
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Xlviii, [1] (errata), 1126 (pagination follows double-column format, hence actually 563 pgs. ), [33] (index) pp., frontis.; contemporary cloth, minor library & personal ownership markings, else text seldom perused, very clean & binding tight. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
