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Travels from India to England: Comprehending a Visit to the Burman Empire ... - Page 34
by Sir James Edward Alexander - 1827 - 301 pages
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Volume 5

1828 - 456 pages
...the stockade, if the enemy had assailed it. Upon endeavouring to cut down the massive teak-pillars on which it was raised, they found that the edges...though the house had only been built ten years, and the 30.9588 25.6347 20.2752 GEILNAU. FACHINGEN. SELTERS. Temp. 8"5 R. Temp. 8« R. Temp. 12°5 R. 7-9406...
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The London Magazine, Volume 8

1827 - 624 pages
...attempting to remove a house built on massive teak found the edge of their axes all turned. Although the house had only been built ten years, and the pillars were only under water three months in the year during the moonsoon, the pillars were petrified throughout....
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The Register of Arts, and Journal of Patent Inventions, Volume 2

Luke Herbert - 1828 - 396 pages
...stone. The pioneers were ordered to remove a house, which would have interfered with the defence of a stockade if the enemy had assailed it. Upon endeavouring...water three months in the year during the monsoon." — Alexander's Travels in Persia. HUMAN ACTIVITY. — "A man trained to violent exercise from his...
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the ..., Volume 5

1828 - 450 pages
...the stockade, if the enemy had assailed it. Upon endeavouring to cut down the massive teak-pillars on which it was raised, they found that the edges...though the house had only been built ten years, and the 30.9588 25.6347 20.2752 GEILJTAU. FACHINGEN. SELTERS. Temp. 8"5 R. Temp. 8» R. Temp. 12°5 R. 7.9406...
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Volume 6

1829 - 444 pages
...that, during the late military operations at Prome, the pioneers were ordered to remove a house ; and, upon endeavouring to cut down the massive teak pillars...water three months in the year during the monsoon. — Page 34. This statement is so much at variance with the geological observations made by Mr Crawford...
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Transactions of the Geological Society

Geological Society of London - 1829 - 638 pages
...that during the late military operations at Prome, "the pioneers were ordered to remove a house; and upon endeavouring to cut down the massive teak pillars...water three months in the year during the monsoon." — Page 34. This statement is so contradictory to the observations of Mr. Crawfurd, and to my own...
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Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Volume 10

Geological Survey of India - 1873 - 424 pages
...late military operations at Prome " the pioneers were ordered to remove a house, and upon endeavoring to cut down the massive teak pillars on which it was...years, and the pillars were under water three months of the year during the monsoon." After adducing some arguments to disprove the possibility of any such...
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Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Volume 10

Geological Survey of India - 1873 - 404 pages
...the late operations at Prome " the pioneers were ordered to remove a •house, and upon endeavoring to cut down the massive teak pillars on which it was...years, and the pillars were under water three months of the year during the monsoon." After adducing some arguments to disprove the possibility of any such...
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The Register of arts, and journal of patent inventions, ed. by L ..., Volume 2

Luke Hebert - 1828 - 390 pages
...into the cause of this, they found that the pillars were petrified throughout, though the house bad only been built ten years ; and the pillars were under...water three months in the year during the monsoon." — Alexander's Travels in Pertia. HUMAN ACTIVITY. — "A man trained to violent exercise from his...
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