Works, Volume 23D. Estes, 1989 |
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Page 209
... feet , so that it may best be imag- FIG . 20 . ined as a kind of dry moat , which , if cut across , would be of the form typically shown in Fig . 20 ; the sloping bank on each side being about 3,000 feet high , or the moat about three ...
... feet , so that it may best be imag- FIG . 20 . ined as a kind of dry moat , which , if cut across , would be of the form typically shown in Fig . 20 ; the sloping bank on each side being about 3,000 feet high , or the moat about three ...
Page 236
... feet in depth and two or three feet wide , usually separates the rock from the ice , which is melted away by the heat re- flected from the southern face of the aiguille . The rock all along this base line is of the most magnificent com ...
... feet in depth and two or three feet wide , usually separates the rock from the ice , which is melted away by the heat re- flected from the southern face of the aiguille . The rock all along this base line is of the most magnificent com ...
Page 288
... feet ; it is then caught by a ledge about three feet wide , from which another precipice falls to about twice the height of the first ; but I had not line enough to measure it from the top , and could not get down to the ledge . When I ...
... feet ; it is then caught by a ledge about three feet wide , from which another precipice falls to about twice the height of the first ; but I had not line enough to measure it from the top , and could not get down to the ledge . When I ...
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