Narrative of a Journey to Musardu, the Capital of the Western Mandingoes (Classic Reprint) [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Anderson, Benjamin

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ISBN 10: 1332160980 ISBN 13: 9781332160983

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2019

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Excerpt from Narrative of a Journey to Musardu, the Capital of the Western Mandingoes

I was not even able to ascertain directly the seve ral heights of land by means of the boiling point of water, because my thermometers ranged only from 133° to 140° Fahrenheit. The highest rise of land was indicated by the aneroid at inches; the boil lug point of which would have been 208° Fahrenheit. See Davies Peck's Mathematical Dictionary, page 338, Table of barometric heights corresponding to difference of temperature of boiling water.' It is from these tables that I have made approximate esti mates of the elevations of land.

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Excerpt from Narrative of a Journey to Musardu, the Capital of the Western Mandingoes

I was not even able to ascertain directly the seve ral heights of land by means of the boiling point of water, because my thermometers ranged only from 133° to 140° Fahrenheit. The highest rise of land was indicated by the aneroid at inches; the boil lug point of which would have been 208° Fahrenheit. See Davies Peck's Mathematical Dictionary, page 338, Table of barometric heights corresponding to difference of temperature of boiling water.' It is from these tables that I have made approximate esti mates of the elevations of land.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Narrative of a Journey to Musardu, the Capital of the Western Mandingoes

It had long been considered important by the friends of Liberia that an exploration should be made of the country east of the Republic. The only difficulty in the way was to find the proper man for the enterprise. President Warner had for a number of years been seeking for such a one, when the author of the accompanying narrative volunteered to undertake the exploration. He is a young man, educated in Liberia, of pure negro blood, and had previously served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Warner. The narrative is printed without correction from the original manuscript, and the principal portion of the edition has been presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Mr. H. Maunsell Schieffelin, for distribution.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1332160980
• ISBN 13: 9781332160983
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 142
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