 | Neil Arnott - Physics - 1827 - 692 pages
...every spot of the earth. A very slight declivity suffices to give the running motion to water. One inch per mile, in a smooth straight channel, gives a velocity...Himalaya mountains, the loftiest in the world, at eighteen hundred miles from its mouth, is only eight-hundred feet above the level of the sea — that... | |
 | Neil Arnott - Physics - 1829 - 542 pages
...the winds carry and deposit as rain or dew on every spot. A very slight declivity suffices to give the running motion to water. Three inches per mile,...Himalaya mountains, the loftiest in the world, at eighteen hundred miles from its mouth, is only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea — that... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1838 - 376 pages
...is very slow, whereas, were it not for these impediments, it would become immensely great, and its effects would be exceedingly disastrous. A very slight...is only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea,—that is, about twice the height of St. Paul's church in London ; and to fall these eight hundred... | |
 | Neil Arnott - Physics - 1838 - 596 pages
...away and deposit as rain or dew on every spot of the earth. A very slight declivity suffices to give the running motion to water. Three inches per mile,...the Himalaya mountains, the loftiest in the world, is, at eighteen hundred miles from its mouth, only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea —... | |
 | Neil Arnott - Physics - 1841 - 560 pages
...away and deposite as rain or dew on every spot of the earth. A very slight declivity suffices to give the running motion to water. Three inches per mile,...the Himalaya mountains, the loftiest in the world, is, at eighteen hundred miles from its mouth, only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea —... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1842 - 384 pages
...is very slow; whereas, were it not for these impediments, it would become immensely great, and its effects would be exceedingly disastrous. A very slight...is only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea,—that is, about twice the height of St. Paul's church in London; and to fall these eight hundred... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1844 - 618 pages
...is very slow, whereas, were it not for these impediments, it would become immensely great, and its effects would be exceedingly disastrous. A very slight...is only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea,—that is, about twice the height of St. Paul's church in London ; and to fall these eight hundred... | |
 | Neil Arnott - 1853 - 536 pages
...away and deposit as rain or dew on every spot of the earth. A very slight declivity suffices to give the running motion to water. Three inches per mile,...the Himalaya mountains, the loftiest in the world, is, at eighteen hundred miles from its mouth, only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea —... | |
 | Neil Arnott - Physics - 1853 - 536 pages
...deposit as rain or dew on every spot of the earth. A very slight declivity suffices to give the funning motion to water. Three inches per mile, in a smooth...the Himalaya mountains, the loftiest in the world, is, at eighteen hundred miles from its mouth, only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea —... | |
 | American periodicals - 1853 - 848 pages
...water. Three inches per mile, in a smooth, straight channel, gives a velocity of about three miles an hour. The Ganges, which gathers the waters of the Himalaya Mountains, the loftiest in the world, is, at eighteen hundred miles from its mouth, only about eight hundred feet above t'lw level of the... | |
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A very slight declivity suffices to give the running motion to water. Three inches per mile, in a smooth straight channel, gives a velocity of about three miles per hour. The Ganges, which gathers th'e waters of the Himalaya mountains, the loftiest in... 
