 It is certain, however, that, within this last century, the sea has made such an impression upon the sands of Barrey, on the northern side of the Tay, that the light-houses at the entrance of the river, which were formerly erected at the southern extremity...  Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics ... - Page 176edited by - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Thomson - Agriculture - 1816 - 514 pages
...ruin must ere long fall a prey to the waves. From St. Andrews^ northward to Eden Water and the river Tay, the coast presents a sandy beach, and is so liable...that within the last century the sea has made such ah impression upon the sands of Barrey, on the northern side of the Tay, that the light-houses at the... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier, Robert Jameson - Earth - 1817 - 394 pages
...almost overhangs it : From St Andrews northward to Eden water and the River Tay, the coast presents » sandy beach, and is so liable to shift, that it is difficult to trace the change it may have undergone. It is certain, however, that within this last century the sea has made... | |
 | Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh - Natural history - 1818 - 516 pages
...ruin must ere long fall a prey to the waves : from St Andrew's, northward to Eden Water and the River Tay, the coast presents a sandy beach, and is so liable...sea has made such an impression upon the Sands of Barrv, on the northern side of the Kincardine * Tay, that the light-houses at the entrance of that... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - Fossils - 1818 - 458 pages
...distance from the sea, now almost overhangs it: From St. Andrews northward to Eden water and the River Tay, the coast presents a sandy beach, and is so liable to shift, that it is difficult to trac« the change it may have undergone. It is certain, however, that within this last century, the... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - Science - 1822 - 508 pages
...From St. Andrew's, northward to Eden water and the River Tay, the coast presents a sandy beach, and and is so liable to shift, that it is difficult to trace the change it may have undergone. It is certain, however, that within this last century, the sea has made... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - Earth - 1827 - 622 pages
...distance from the sea, now almost overhangs it: From St Andrew's northward to Eden water and the River Tay, the coast presents a sandy beach, and is so liable to shift, that it is difficult to trace the change it may have undergone. It is certain, however, that, within this last century, the sea has made... | |
 | Granville Penn - Earth sciences - 1828 - 510 pages
...the famous castle, which was originally at some distance from the sea, now almost overhangs it; and, within the last century, the sea has made such an impression upon the sands of Barrey, on the north side of the Tay, that the light-houses at the entrance of the river have been from time to time... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...seamen. Mr. Stevenson, an engineer, states, that from St. Andrew's northward to Eden Water and the river Tay, the coast presents a sandy beach, and is so liable to shift, that it is difficult to trace The Needles. the change it may have undergone. It is certain, however, that within a recent period the... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 pages
...seamen. Mr. Stevenson, an engineer, states, that from St. Andrew's northward to Eden Water and the river Tay, the coast presents a sandy beach, and is so liable to shift, that it is difficult to trace The Needle!. the change it may have undergone. It is certain, however, that within a recent period the... | |
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