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... rocks, signs of volcanic action. The Icelandic buts aremade ofearth and turf, and the walls slope inward; they rather resembleroofs placed on the ground. But then these roofs are meadows of com-parative ... out ofthe volcanoes by their ownlabour and at their own expense; in high westerly winds it was manifestthat the red tiles ofthe roof would be scattered in the air, to the greatdanger ofthe ... bed of lava bounds it on one side, and falls gently towards the sea. On the other extends the vast bay of Faxa, shut in at the north by the enormous glacier ofthe Snæfell, and of which the Valkyria...
... along the harbour where the two-deckers and the frigateslept peaceably by the red roofing ofthe warehouse, by the green banks of the strait, through the deep shades ofthe trees amongst which the ... was therefore necessary to point out which of these leads to the centre ofthe globe. What did the Icelandic sage do?He observed that at the approach ofthe kalends of July, that is to say in the ... likewise the creed adopted by other distinguishedgeologists, that the interior oftheglobe is neither gas nor water, nor any of the heaviest minerals known, for in none of these cases would the earth...
... terms of EI, the moment of inertia ofthe Earth; 1Eω, the present angular frequency oftheEarth s rotation;1MI, the present moment of inertia ofthe Moon with respect to the Earth s axis; ... 1Mω, the present angular frequency ofthe Moon’s orbit. 0.2 This process of transfer of angular momentum will end when the period of rotation of the Earth and the period of revolution ofthe ... each of massm, located on the surface ofthe Earth, see Fig. 4. Let θ be the angle between the line that goes through the bulges and the line that joins the centers oftheEarth and the...
... moon-scape ofthe Gobi.One ofthe most important discover-ies in the history of scientiÞc explora-tion came in the midst of such diÛcul-ties. Late in the Þrst Þeld season of 1922, the expedition ... birdlike features, including the construction ofthe bony case of the brain and the design ofthe elongatedlimbs and digits. A nearly completeskeleton of Velociraptor unearthed atTugrugeen in 1991 ... nerves. The CT images con-Þrm an earlier hypotheses by Kielan-Ja-worowska: the carotid arteries, the mainchannels supplying blood to the brainand the eye, enter the skull along the midline rather...
... As in the previously related tales of the fate of the unrepentant ill sinner and of the justicewho initiated the swearing of oaths, the stories often trade on fear of the ... to the Offer of Mercy 63THREEDramas of Divine Compassion: The Figure of the Wounded Jesusand the Rhetoric of Appeal in the Mystery Plays 67Testimony to the Immensity of ... blode up to the anclees. Fro the top ofthe hed to the sole of his fote, hole skyn saved they non. His flesch theyrase to the bone, and for werynesse of hemself they him...
... The Florentine Codex refers to the place where the oldest ofthe deities, the god of fire, Xiuhtecuhtli, resided, in the middle of blue water, in the navel oftheearth (Sahagún 1969b:19, 41, 88–89). ... Another is Tamoanchan, the paradise ofthe Mother Goddess, the place of birth, the cincalli, or house of maize (Seler 1963, 1:25). Garibay de-fines cincalli as the cavern that is ‘ the place of ... miles to the east of thevillage lies the Gulf of Mexico .The climate ofthe region between the mountains and the Gulf Coast is tropical and humid, supporting the north-ernmost reach of tropical...
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... the basic goals ofthe Directive (see above), with Article 5and Annex II ofthe Espoo Convention or with the special requirements of other EU environmentalnorms (see namely Article 6.4 ofthe ... inaction ofthe authorities ofthe affected Member State according to Article7.2 ofthe Directive. The Directive’s wording derives from the Espoo Convention yet it ignores acentral aspect ofthe ... not dealwith all the important aspects. The exclusion ofthe public appears to be not in line with Article 10a of the EIA Directive and with the case law ofthe European Court of Justice (e.g-...
... half-Latin terms,very JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OFTHEEARTH JULES VERNE CHAPTER 1 THE PROFESSOR AND HIS FAMILY On the 24th of May, 1863, my uncle, Professor Liedenbrock, rushed into ... Königstrasse, one ofthe oldest streetsin the oldest portion ofthe city of Hamburg. Martha must have concluded that she was very much behindhand, for thedinner had only just been put into the oven. ... intersect each other in the middle ofthe ancient quarter of Hamburg, and which the great fire of 1842 hadfortunately spared. [1] Sixty-three. (Tr.) [2] As Sir Humphry Davy died in 1829, the translator...
... learned a man of course had no place for love affairs, andhappily the grand business ofthe document gained me the victory. Just as the moment ofthe supreme experiment arrived the Professor'seyes ... not to say so. Then the Professor took the book and the parchment, and diligentlycompared them together. pleasant hours we have spent in study; and how often I enviedthe very stones which ... improvement to thelandscape at the head of the lake. On the road we chatted hand inhand; I told her amusing tales at which she laughed heartilv. Then wereached the banks ofthe Elbe, and after...
... JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OFTHEEARTH JULES VERNE CHAPTER 4 THE ENEMY TO BE STARVED INTO SUBMISSION "He is gone!" cried Martha, running out of her kitchen at the noiseof the violent ... was the word "tabiled", which looked like Hebrew, and in thelast the purely French words prevent the knowledge of it coming into the mind of mytyrant, I will do it. By dint of turning ... in upon me; these hints alone gave me the firstglimpse of the truth; I had discovered the key to the cipher. To readthe document, it would not even be necessary to read it through thepaper. Such...
... "Descend, bold traveller, into the crater ofthe jokul of Sneffels,which the shadow of Scartaris touches before the kalends of July, andyou will attain the centre ofthe earth; which I have done, ... venturing on the expedition that, after all, he mighthimself discover the key of the cipher, and that then I should beclear at the mere expense of my involuntary abstinence. These reasons ... JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OFTHEEARTH JULES VERNE CHAPTER 5 FAMINE, THEN VICTORY, FOLLOWED BY DISMAY I had only just time to replace the unfortunate document upon thetable. Professor...
... was therefore necessaryto point out which of these leads to the centre ofthe globe. Whatdid the Icelandic sage do? He observed that at the approach of thekalends of July, that is to say in the ... that if a heat of 360,000 degrees [1] existed in theinterior of the globe, the fiery gases arising from the fused matterwould acquire an elastic force which the crust oftheearth would beunable ... distinguishedgeologists, that the interior oftheglobe is neither gas nor water,nor any ofthe heaviest minerals known, for in none of these caseswould theearth weigh what it does."...