(DOWNLOAD) "Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885" by Various Authors * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885
- Author : Various Authors
- Release Date : January 01, 2012
- Genre: Antiques & Collectibles,Books,Lifestyle & Home,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1863 KB
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In the year 1864, the well-known geographer, Heinrich Keller, from Zurich, on ascending to the summit of the Righi Mountain, in the heart of Switzerland, discovered one of the finest panoramic displays of mountain scenery that he had ever witnessed. To his enthusiastic descriptions some lovers of nature in Zurich and Berne listened with much interest, and in the year 1865, Dr. Abel, Mr. Escher von der Luith, Aulic Councilor, Dr. Horner, and others, in connection with Keller himself, subscribed money to the amount of 2, 000 marks (dollar 500) for the purpose of building a hotel on the top of the mountain overlooking the view.