 | California geol. survey - 1869 - 238 pages
...inclined walls, and not having the U shape of the Yosemite, but the usual V form of California valleys. The principal features of the Yosemite, and those...of its walls ; second, their great height, not only absolntely, but as compared with the width of the Valley itself; and, finally, the very small amount... | |
 | Geological Survey of California, Josiah Dwight Whitney - California - 1869 - 202 pages
...inclined walls, and not having the U shape of the Yosemite, but the usual V form of California valleys. The principal features of the Yosemite, and those...other known valleys, are : first, the near approach to vertically of its walls ; second, their great height, not only absolutely, but as compared with the... | |
 | Geological Survey of California - Yosemite Valley (Calif.) - 1870 - 200 pages
...inclined walls, and not having the U shape of the Yosemite, but the usual V form of California valleys. The principal features of the Yosemite, and those...; second, their great height, not only absolutely, but as compared with the width of the Valley itself; and, finally, the very small amount of talus or... | |
 | Geological Survey of California - Yosemite Valley (Calif.) - 1870 - 208 pages
...of the Yosemite, but the usual V form of California valleys. The principal features of the Yoscmite, and those by which it is distinguished from all other...; second, their great height, not only absolutely, but as compared with the width of the Valley itself; and, finally, the very small amount of tadts or... | |
 | John Erastus Lester - California - 1873 - 348 pages
...of California, calls the Valley 'a gigantic trough,' and sums up its characteristics as follows : ' The principal features of the YoSemite, and those...; second, their great height, not only absolutely, but as compared with the width of the Valley itself ; and, finally, the very small amount of talus... | |
 | John Erastus Lester - California - 1873 - 384 pages
...of California, calls the valley "a gigantic trough," and sums up its characteristics as follows : " The principal features of the YoSemite, and those by which it is distinguished from all known valleys, are, first, the near approach to verticality of its walls ; second, their great height,... | |
 | Montgomery Gibbs - 1874 - 326 pages
...inclined walls, and not having the U shape of the Yosemite, but the usual V form of California valleys." "The principal features of the Yosemite, and those...; second, their great height, not only absolutely, but as compared with the width of the valley itself; and, finally, the very small amount of talus or... | |
 | Geological Survey of California - Geology - 1874 - 204 pages
...inclined walls, and not having the U shape of the Yosemite, but the usual V form of California valleys. The principal features of the Yosemite, and those...; second, their great height, not only absolutely, but as compared with the width of the Valley itself; and, finally, the very small amount of talus or... | |
 | Syria - Asia - 1875 - 632 pages
...the routes usually travelled it is nearly 250 miles. The principal features of the Yosemite valley, and those by which it is distinguished from all other...known valleys are — first, the near approach to vertically of its walls ; second, their great height, not only absolutely, but as compared with the... | |
 | Montgomery Gibbs - Canada - 1875 - 360 pages
...inclined walls, and not having the U shape of the Yosemite, but the usual V form of California valleys." " The principal features of the Yosemite, and those...other known valleys, are : First, the near approach to vertically of its walls ; second, their great height, not only absolutely, but as compared with the... | |
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The principal features of the Yosemite, and those by which it is distinguished from all other known valleys, are : First, the near approach to verticality of its walls ; second, their great height, not only absolutely, but as compared with the width of... 
