| Royal Society (Great Britain) - Asia - 1705 - 398 pages
...height to which theAqueous Vapours of themfelves afcend, and on the tops of which thp Air is focold and rarified, as to retain but a fmall part of thofe Vapours that fhall be brought thither by Winds. Thofe Vapours therefore that are nufcd copioufly In the Sea, and... | |
| Edmond Halley, Richard Mead - Astronomy - 1708 - 430 pages
...and the fyire .- And in America, the Andes and the Afalatean Mountains j each of which far furpafi the ufual height to which the Aqueous Vapours of themfelves...afcend, and on the tops of which the Air is fo cold and rarificd, as to retain but a fmall part of thofe Vapours, that fhall be brought thither by Winds. Thofe... | |
| Philip Miller - 1724 - 504 pages
...Mountains in America ; each of which farpafles the ufual Height Height to which the aqueous Vapours do of themfelves afcend ; and on the Tops of which the Air is fo cold and rarified as to retain bxit a fmall Part of thofe Vapours, which are brought thither by the Winds. Then the Vapours thus raifed... | |
| Bernhardus Varenius - Geography - 1734 - 562 pages
...high RidgesofMountainsthat are difperfed over various Trails of the Earth: each of which far furpafles the ufual Height to which the Aqueous Vapours of themfelves...afcend, and on the Tops of which the Air is fo cold, and ratified, as to retain but a fmall part of thofe Vapours that (hall be brought thither by the Winds.... | |
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