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'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.' [2] (247/258)
The record is made up of 1 volume (227 pages). It was created in 1854-1856. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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INDEX.
Page.
Cyclones, list of, that have occurred
North of the line -betwixt the me
ridians of the Cape and Canton since
1648 ... App. 1
x>
Dead Sea, or Lake of Asphalates in Pales
tine. ... xvi and xvii
Deccan, great table hind of India—ele
vation of. ... xxi
Diodorus Siculus describes Dead Sea ... xvi
E
Exodus, Isthmus of Suez most likely
been subject to several changes of
level since. ... xiii
6
Gun Powder Plot Storms—so called from
their general occurrence in the first
week of November commencing about
the 5th—Account of, 1844, ...xxvii & viii
instruments employed in Geographical
research. ... xxii
Isthmus of Suez—most likely subject to
several changes of level since the
period of the Exodus. ■... xiii
J
Tones, Commander P., Consul at Bag
dad, Historical Description of the
City of. ... 53.91
Lat.
X.
Lakes of no egress, Dr. Buist, on As-
phaltites in Palestine. Assal in Afri
ca, xvi Aral, in Central Asia. Bitter
Lakes in Isthmus of Suez Caspian Sea.
Natron in Egypt. Great Salt, in North
America. j*
xvx
Malabar Coast, Survey of, by Lieutenant
Selby, I. N., ... 91
Marcotis Lake of, near Alexandria .. xiii
Meteorology. List of storms in the
-e-astern Seas. ... App. 1-5
Miscellaneous. App. 13-17
N
Page.
Natron, or Bitter Lakes of Egypt. Wil
kinson’s account of, ... xiii
Nile, Inundations of, periodically fill
Lake Marcottis. ... xiii
Nostoc a variety of Algse, often found
to make its appearance after rain on
the surface of the ground hundreds
of miles from the Sea. Dr. Carter on
those seen at Shiltarpore. ...App. 9
November Storms of pet iodic and simul
taneous occurrence, Silence on. ... xiii
P
Palm Trees, how affected by the Hurri-
eane ... xliii
Periodic Storms. See Storms of simul
taneous occurrences .. xxvii
s
Salts found in the Dead Sea and Ameri
can Lakes, Comparison ... xviii
Salt—Lake ^splialtites in Palestine
Assal in Africa, Aral and Chain of, in
Central Asia. Great do., in North
America .. j x
Selby, Lieut., his Survey of the Barracks
of Bombay xx
Serpicula Vertieillata, a beautifully aqua
tic plant prevalent in our tanka. Dr.
Carter on habits of .. App. 9
Sin.ultaneous occurrence of Storms .. xxvi
Sind, Mission of Sir A. Burnes .. ixxxix
Speke, Lieut., Somali Expedition .. Ixxvii
Somali Country—dispositions of. Ex
peditions contemplated in ltl49. Lieut.
Burton’s, 1854 —Journey to Ilurrar
and return to Aden. November 1854
—February 1855. Starts afresh—at
tacked and discomfnted. April 1855
and Expedition abandoned .. Ixxv-lxxxv
Storms, Three great classes of. Tra
velling from Pole to Pole at the rate
of 20 miles an hour —xxvi. Of simul*
taneous and periodic occurrence,
Proofs of — xxvii.— Expetiences of
modes of investigation .. xxxi
Stroyan, Lieut., Astronomer and Sur
veyor to Somali Expedition ... Ixxvii
Taylor, Lieut., Survey of Gulf of Cutch
and Coast of Kattiwar •• ixxxviii
T
Trigonometrical Survey in India ... xci
z
Zoology — Guinea Wormi—Sponges—So*
cial Spiders App. 10
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The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.
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- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:2, 4:8, 1:2, 4:35, 37, 39:94, 1:2, 4:94, 97:118, 1:2, 4:18, 1:2, 4, 4, iii-r:v-v, back-i
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- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:2, 4:8, 1:2, 4:35, 37, 39:94, 1:2, 4:94, 97:118, 1:2, 4:18, 1:2, 4, 4, iii-r:v-v, back-i
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- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:2, 4:8, 1:2, 4:35, 37, 39:94, 1:2, 4:94, 97:118, 1:2, 4:18, 1:2, 4, 4, iii-r:v-v, back-i
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- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:2, 4:8, 1:2, 4:35, 37, 39:94, 1:2, 4:94, 97:118, 1:2, 4:18, 1:2, 4, 4, iii-r:v-v, back-i
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- Bombay Geographical Society
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- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:2, 4:8, 1:2, 4:35, 37, 39:94, 1:2, 4:94, 97:118, 1:2, 4:18, 1:2, 4, 4, iii-r:v-v, back-i
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