 American forests, which evidently far exceeded that size, and which my situation, as a passenger in a public conveyance, prevented me from measuring. M. Michaux, who has written on the forest trees of America, in speaking of their great size, states,...  The Mechanic's Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal and Gazette - Seite 151842Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | François André Michaux - 1819 - 414 Seiten
...two trunks felled for canoes, of which one was i54feetlongand 54 inches indiametei/, and the other, 142 feet long and 44 inches in diameter, at three feet from the ground. Mention is made in Belknap's History of New Hampshire of a White Pine felled near the river Merrimack,... | |
 | Daniel Jay Browne - 1832 - 426 Seiten
...two trunks felled for canoes, of which one was 154 feet long and 54 inches in diameter, and die other 142 feet long and 44 inches in diameter, at three feet from the ground. Mention is made in Belknap's History of New Hampshire of a white pine felled near the river Merimack,... | |
 | Daniel Jay Browne - 1832 - 410 Seiten
...which is accessible only in midsummer, M. Michaux measured two trunks felled for canoes, of which one was 154 feet long and 54 inches in diameter, and the other 142 feet long and 44 inches in diameter, at three feet from the ground. Mention is made in Belknap's... | |
 | David Stevenson - 1838 - 370 Seiten
...mentioned as existing in Genessee. M. Michaux also measured two trunks of white pine on the river Kennebec, one of which was 154 feet long, and 54 inches in diameter,...inches in diameter at three feet from the ground. He also measured one which was 6 feet in diameter, and had reached the greatest height attained by... | |
 | David Stevenson - 1838 - 366 Seiten
...mentioned as existing in Genessee. M. Michaux also measured two trunks of white pine on the river Kennebec, one of which was 154 feet long, and 54 inches in diameter,...inches in diameter at three feet from the ground. He also measured one which was 6 feet in diameter, and had reached the greatest height attained by... | |
 | 1841 - 488 Seiten
...be twenty-one feet in circumference. I saw many trees, however, in travelling through the American forests, which evidently far exceeded that size, and...being 180 feet from the ground. It is difficult for an inhabitant of our island, without having seen the American forests, to credit the statements which... | |
 | Royal Scottish Society of Arts - 1844 - 564 Seiten
...be twenty-one feet in circumference. I saw many trees, however, in travelling through the American forests, which evidently far exceeded that size, and...being 180 feet from the ground. It is difficult for an inhabitant of our island, without having seen the American forests, to credit the statements which... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1842 - 538 Seiten
...twenty-one feet in circumference. I saw many trees, however, in travelling through the Americen forest«, which evidently far exceeded that size, and which...being 180 feet from the ground. It is difficult for an inhabitant of our island, without having seen the American forests to credit the statements which have... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - 1844 - 548 Seiten
...near the river Kennebec, one of which was 154 feet long, and 54 inches in diameter ; the other 144 feet long, and 44 inches in diameter, at three feet from the ground. Dr. Dwight also mentions a specimen on the Kattskill 249 feet long and several on the Unadilla 200... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - 1844 - 546 Seiten
...dry, gravelly upland, to swamps constantly wet. Michaux measured two trunks near the river Kennebec, one of which was 154 feet long, and 54 inches in diameter ; the other 144 feet long, and 44 inches in diameter, at three feet from the ground. Dr. Dwight also... | |
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