 Some, we are told, rise so high that they might even cast a flicker of shadow upon the summit of the pyramid of Cheops. Yet the oldest of them doubtless grew from seed which was shed long after the names of the pyramid builders had been forgotten.  The American Naturalist - Page 5731872Full view - About this book
 | 1872 - 848 pages
...oldest of them doubtless grew from seed which was shed long after the names of the pyramid-builders had been forgotten. So far as we can judge from the...now alive can sensibly antedate the Christian era. ... It is probable that close to the heart of some of the living trees may be found the circle that... | |
 | Geology - 1872 - 536 pages
...are told, rise so high that they might even cast a flicker of shadow upon the summit of the pryamid of Cheops. Yet the oldest of them doubtless grew from...era. Nor was I much impressed with an attraction of man-s adding. That the more remarkable of these trees should bear distinguishing appellations seems... | |
 | Microscopes - 1872 - 286 pages
...oldest of them doubtless grew from seed which was shed long after the names of the pyramid-builders were forgotten. So far as we can judge from the actual...now alive can sensibly antedate the Christian era. . . . It is probable that close to the heart of some of the living trees may be found the circle that... | |
 | Science - 1872 - 798 pages
...oldest of them doubtless grew from seed which was shed long after the names of the pyramid-builders had been forgotten. So far as we can judge from the...layers of several trees, no Sequoia now alive can much overdate the Christian era. Nor was I much impressed with an attraction of man's adding. That... | |
 | Science - 1872 - 806 pages
...oldest of them doubtless grew from seed which was shed long after the names of the pyramid-builders had been forgotten. So far as we can judge from the...layers of several trees, no Sequoia now alive can much overdate the Christian era. Nor was I much impressed with an attraction of man's adding. That... | |
 | Alfred Ely Beach - Industrial arts - 1873 - 634 pages
...oldest of them doubtless grew from seed which was shed long after the names of the pyramidbuilders were forgotten. So far as we can judge from the actual...now alive can sensibly antedate the Christian era. . . . It is probable that close to the heart of some of the living trees may be found the circle that... | |
 | Alfred Ely Beach - Industrial arts - 1873 - 646 pages
...oldest of them doubtless grew from seed which was shed long after the names of the pyramidbuilders were forgotten. So far as we can judge from the actual...now alive can sensibly antedate the Christian era. . . . It is probable that close to the heart of some of the living trees may be found the circle that... | |
 | Henry Woodward - Electronic journals - 1873 - 680 pages
...oldest of them doubtless grew from seed which was shed long after the names of the p3Tramidbuilders had been forgotten. So far as we can judge from the...actual counting of the layers of several trees, no Seqtioia now alive can sensibly antedate the Christian era. . . . One notable thing about these Sequoia... | |
 | Henry Woodward - Electronic journals - 1873 - 644 pages
...oldest of them doubtless grew from seed which was shed long after the names of the pyramidbuilders had been forgotten. So far as we can judge from the...now alive can sensibly antedate the Christian era. . . . One notable thing about these Sequoia trees is their isolation. These ' redwoods ' or 'big trees'... | |
 | Alfred Ely Beach - Industrial arts - 1873 - 620 pages
...oldest of them doubtless grew from seed which was shed long after the names of the pyramidbuilders were forgotten. So far as we can judge from the actual...now alive can sensibly antedate the Christian era. . . . It is probable that close to the heart of some of the living trees may be found the circle that... | |
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