 | John Cumming - 1854 - 396 ページ
...Kich, ' is a mound of an oblong form, the total circumference of which is seven hundred and sixtytwo yards. At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep...and is not more than fifty or sixty feet high ; but on the western side it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of one hundred and ninety-eight feet,... | |
 | John Wilson (writer on astronomy.) - 1856 - 532 ページ
...Rich says, " the Birs Nimroud is a mound of an oblong form, the total circumference of which is 762 yards. At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow, and is not more than 50 or 60 feet high ; but at the western side it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 198 feet,... | |
 | John Kitto - 1855 - 676 ページ
...detailed account. ' The Sirs Nimriid is a mound of an oblong form, the total circumference of which is 7C2 s, or two young pigeons, a 50 or 60 feet high ; but on the western side it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 198 feet... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 524 ページ
...Rich says, " the Birs Nimroud is a mound of an oblong form, the total circumference of which is 762 yards. At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow, and is not more than 50 or 60 feet high ; but at the western side it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 198 feet,... | |
 | George Bush - 1838 - 384 ページ
...Birs Nimrod,' says Mr. Rich, ' is a mound of an ohong form, the total circumference of which is 762 yards. At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow, and s not more than 50 or 6O feet high : but on the western side it rises in a coincal figure to the elevation... | |
 | John Brown - 1866 - 602 ページ
...built entirely by the hand of man. It is of an oblong figure, the total circumference of which is 762 7 yards in the spread of its boughs. At about 6 or 6 50 or 60 feet high ; but at the western side it rises in a conical figure to the height of 198 feet... | |
 | John Kitto - 1869 - 798 ページ
...Babel is called, Mr. Rich says, " is a mound of an oblong form, the total circumference of which is 762 yards. At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow, and is not more than 50 or 60 feet high ; but on the western side it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 198 feet,... | |
 | John Kitto - 1871 - 794 ページ
...Babel is called, Mr. Rich says, " is a mound of an oblong form, the total circumference of which is 762 yards. At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow, and is not more than 50 or 60 feet high ; but on the western side it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 198 feet,... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1877 - 468 ページ
...works of art. " The Birs Nimroud is a mound of an oblong form, the total circumference of which is 762 yards. At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow, and is * Perhaps with the exception of the Great Pyramid; if, indeed, the discoveries and inferences of Professor... | |
 | 1879 - 748 ページ
...Tower of Babel. According to Mr Rich, it is of an oblong form, the total circumference being 762 y^rds. At the eastern side it is cloven by a deep furrow, and is not more than 50 or 60 feet high ; but on the western side it rises in a conical figure to the elevation of 198 feet... | |
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... in breadth, diminishing in thickness to the top, which is broken and irregular, and rent by a large fissure extending through a third of its height. 
