 | 1783 - Страниц: 736
...Point (the place where the river firft contracts itfelf) and is perceptible above Hoogly town ; and fo quick is its motion, that it hardly employs four hours in travelling from the one to the other, although the diltancc isnear 70 miles. At Calcutta, it fometimts nccalions an... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - Страниц: 614
...point (the place where the river firft contracts itfelf), and is perceptible above Hoogly Town ; and fo quick is its motion, that it hardly employs four hours in travelling from one to the other, although the diftance it near 70 miles. At Calcutta, it fometimes occafions an inftantaneous rife of... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1781 - Страниц: 506
...Point (the place where the river firft contracts itfelf) and js perceptible above Hoogly Town; and fo quick is its motion, that it hardly employs four hours in travelling from one to the' other, although the diftance is near 70 miles. At Calcutta, it fometimes occafions an inflantaneous rife of... | |
 | James Rennell - 1788 - Страниц: 496
...Point (the place where the river firft contracts itfelf) and is perceptible above Hoogly town ; and fo quick is its motion, that it hardly employs four hours in travelling from one to the other, although the diftance is near 70 miles. At Calcutta, it fometimes occafions an inftantaneous rife of... | |
 | James Rennell - 1788 - Страниц: 514
...Point (the place where the river firft contracts itfelf) and is perceptible above Hoogly town ;. and fo quick is its motion, that it hardly employs four hours in travelling from one ta the other, although the diflance is near 70 miles. At Calcutta, itfometimes occafions an inflantaneous... | |
 | James Rennell - 1793 - Страниц: 594
...accumulating tide. In the Hoogly or Calcutta river, the bore commences at Hoogly Point (the place where the river first contracts itself), and is perceptible...employs four hours in travelling from one to the other, although the distance is near 70 miles. At Calcutta it sometimes occasions an instantaneous rise of... | |
 | 1800 - Страниц: 624
...the river firft contrails itfelf), and is perceptible above Hoogly Town ; and fo quick isitsmotion, that it hardly employs four hours in travelling from one to the other, although the diftance it near 70 miles. At Calcutta, it fometimes occafions an inftantaneous rife of... | |
 | 1800 - Страниц: 620
...the river firft contrails itfelf), and is perceptible above Hoogly Town ; and fo quick isitsmotion, that it hardly employs four hours in travelling from one to the other, although the diftance it near 70 miles. At Calcutta, it fometimes occafions an inflantaneous rife of... | |
 | William Milburn - 1825 - Страниц: 646
...Hughley Poiqt (the place where the river first contracts itself), and is perceptible above Hughley Town ; and so quick is its motion, that it hardly...employs four hours in travelling from one to the other, although the distance is nearly 70 miles. At Calcutta it sometimes occasions an instantaneous rise... | |
 | Henry Thomas De La Beche - 1832 - Страниц: 590
...place where the river first contracts itself, and is perceptible above Hughly Town; and so quick 13 its motion, that it hardly employs four hours in travelling from one to the other, although the distance is near seventy miles. At Calcutta, it sometimes causes an instantaneous rise... | |
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Calcutta it sometimes occasions an instantaneous rise of five feet ; and both here, and in every other part of its track, the boats, on its approach, immediately quit the shore, and make for safety to the middle of the river. In the channels, between... 
