 ... and the sea of water which it contained precipitated itself into the valley, with a rapidity and violence which it is impossible to describe. The fury of this raging flood was first stayed by the narrow gorge below the glacier formed between Mont...  Patchwork - Página 30por Basil Hall - 1841Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1819 - 478 páginas
...water rushed out ; the ice gave way with a tremendous crash ; the lake was emptied in half an hour ; and the sea of water which it contained precipitated...projecting breast of Mont Mauvoisin. Here it was engulfed with such force, that it carried away the bridge of Mauvoisin, ninety feet above the Dranse, and even... | |
 | 1819 - 482 páginas
...water rushed out ; the ice gave way with a tremendous crash ; the lake was emptied in half an hour ; and the sea of water which it contained precipitated...projecting breast of Mont Mauvoisin. Here it was engulfed with such force, that it carried away the bridge of Mauvoisin, ninety feet above the Dranse, and even... | |
 | 1819 - 480 páginas
...was emptied in half an hour ; arid 'tffe sea of water which it contained precipitated itself into th6 Valley with a rapidity and violence which it is impossible...projecting breast of Mont Mauvoisin. Here it was engulfed with such force, that it carried away the bridge of Mauvoisin, ninety feet above the Dranse, and even... | |
 | 1842 - 528 páginas
...formed of the devastation created bv this terrible debacle, when it is stated that, where checked by the gorge below the glacier formed between Mont Pleureur and a projecting breast of Mont Mauvoisin, it carried away the bridge, ninety feet above the ordinary level of the stream, and even rose several... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 páginas
...undermined the glacier by washing away the loose materials forming the bed of the stream, on which the mass of ice had been piled up ; and having carried...projecting breast of Mont Mauvoisin ; here it was engulfed with such force that it carried away the bridge of Mauvoisin, ninety feet above the Dranse, and even... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1856 - 566 páginas
...the water rushed out, the ice gave way with a tremendous crash, the lake was emptied in half an hour, and the sea of water which it contained precipitated...projecting breast of Mont Mauvoisin : here it was engulfed with such force that it carried away the bridge of Mauvoisin, ninety feet above the Dranse, and even... | |
 | 1859 - 588 páginas
...the water rushed out, the ice gave way with a tremendous crash, the lake was emptied in half an hour, and the sea of water which it contained, precipitated...the narrow gorge below the glacier, formed between Mount Pleureur and a projecting breast of Mount Mauvoisin. " Here it was engulfed with such force,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 618 páginas
...the water rushed out, the ice gave way with a tremendous crash, the lake was emptied in half an hour, and the sea of water which it contained, precipitated...describe. The fury of this raging flood was first staid by the narrow gorge below the glacier, formed between Mount Pleureur and a projecting breast... | |
 | 1859 - 620 páginas
...the water rushed out, the ice gave way with a tremendous crash, the lake was emptied in half an hour, and the sea of water which it contained, precipitated...describe. The fury of this raging flood was first staid by the narrow gorge below the glacier, formed between Mount Pleurcur and a projecting breast... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 páginas
...from the foot of Mont Mauvoisin, and excavate for itself a passage between the glacier and the rockj' beds which compose the mountain. As soon as this happened,...below the glacier formed between Mont Pleureur and ai projecting breast of Mont Mauvoisin ; here it was engulfed with such force that it carried I away... | |
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