the Imperial Poland, on the fouthern fide of the Viftula. After being let down by a rope, as in thofe of Cremnitz, to the depth of about two hundred and thirty feet; our conductors led us through galleries, which, for loftinefs ,and breadth, feemed rather... Memoirs of the Courts of Berlin, Dresden, Warsaw, and Vienna: In the Years ... - Page 414by Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1806Full view - About this book
| 1799 - 612 pages
...his visit to the salt-mines of Vidicza near Cracow : ' After being let down by a rope to the depth of two hundred and thirty feet, our conductors led us through galleries, which, for loftiness and breadth, seemed rather to resemble the avenues to some subterranean palace, than passages... | |
| Literature, Modern - 1800 - 620 pages
...vifit to them : " I returned yefkrday from vifi ting the fait mines of Vielicza, fituate two leagues on the fouthern fide of the Viftula. After being let down by a rope, as in in thofe of Cremnitz, to the depth of about t\vo hundred and thirty feet ; our conductors led us through... | |
| Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - Europe - 1806 - 438 pages
...returned I returned yefterday from yifiting . the fait mines of Vielicza, iituate two leagues off, in the Imperial Poland, on the fouthern fide of the Viftula.....through .galleries, which, for. loftinefs and breadth, • j • '/if |' * ..'.'),,•,'> feemed rather to referable the avenues 'condu6ting to fomc fubterranean... | |
| William Phillips - Geology - 1826 - 506 pages
...account of it some idea of its vastness may be gathered. He says, " After being let down by a rope two hundred and thirty feet, our conductors led us through galleries, which for loftiness and breadth seemed rather to resemble the avenues to some subterraneous palace, than passages... | |
| Anne Wright - Geology - 1853 - 274 pages
...gives a striking idea of the appearance of this mine. He remarks, " After being let down by a rope two hundred and thirty feet, our conductors led us through galleries, which, for loftiness and breadth, seemed rather to resemble the avenues to some subterranean palace than passages... | |
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