 | William Coxe - Europe, Northern - 1787 - 504 pages
...cleared away for the length of 200 yards and the breadth of four, upon the level bed of the river; and the fides of this courfe, as well as the fides...firs and pines. Each perfon, being provided with a fledge *, mounts the ladder ; and, having attained the fummit, he feats himfelf upon his fledge at... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...cleared away for the length of 200 yards and the breadth of four, upon the level Ье-d of the river; and the fides of this courfe, as well as the fides and top of the fcaffulding, ure ornamented with firs and pines. Each perfon, being provided with a fledge, mounts... | |
 | William Coxe - Europe, Northern - 1802 - 402 pages
...and form an inclined plain of pure ice. At the bottom the fnow is cleared away for the length of 200 yards and the breadth of four, and the fides of this...pines. Each perfon, being provided with a fmall fledge *, mounts the ladder to the fummit, feats himfelf on his fledge and glides down the inclined plain... | |
 | William Coxe - 1802 - 402 pages
...plain of pure ice. At the bottom the fnow is cleared away for the length of 200 yards and the breadt4i of four, and the fides of this courfe, as well as...pines. Each perfon, being provided with a fmall fledge *, mounts the ladder to the fummit, feats himfelf on his fledge and glides down the inclined plain;... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Europe - 1815 - 466 pages
...cemented evenly together by sprinkling them with water. From the bottom of this glassy path, the snow is cleared away for the length of two hundred yards, and the same breadth as the slope of ice. Al the end of this course there is commonly another ice-hill, like... | |
 | William Bingley - Europe, Northern - 1822 - 384 pages
...operation they coalesce, become Smooth, and form an inclined plain of pure ice. At the bottom, the snow is ,cleared away for the length of two hundred yards, and the breadth of four yards ; and the sides of this'course, as weH as the sides and top of the scaffolding, are ornamented... | |
 | Tobias Merton - 1825 - 388 pages
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 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1825 - 380 pages
...means they coalesce, become smooth, and form an inclined plain of pure ice. At the bottom the snow is cleared away for the length of two hundred yards, and the breadth of four, and the sides of this course, as well as the sides and top of the scaffolding, are ornamented with firs and... | |
 | Josiah Conder - Russia - 1825 - 372 pages
...are then consolidated by water thrown over them. The snow is cleared away at the bottom of the plane for the length of two hundred yards and the breadth of four ; and the sides of this course, as well as those of the scaffoldings, are ornamented and protected with firs... | |
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... of the river; and the sides of this course, as well as the sides and top of the scaffolding, are ornamented with firs and pines. . Each person being provided with a... 
