The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... height of more than 60 feet - this being only half the height intended by Themistocles ! ( see Grote , Hist . Greece , c . xliv . ) The laying out of the new seaport belonged rather to the regime of Pericles ( Grote , c . xlvii . ) It ...
... height of more than 60 feet - this being only half the height intended by Themistocles ! ( see Grote , Hist . Greece , c . xliv . ) The laying out of the new seaport belonged rather to the regime of Pericles ( Grote , c . xlvii . ) It ...
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... height , with an intercolumniation of 7 feet , except between the two central columns , which were 13 feet apart , in order to furnish space for a carriage - way . Behind this Doric colonnade was a vestibule 43 feet in depth , the roof ...
... height , with an intercolumniation of 7 feet , except between the two central columns , which were 13 feet apart , in order to furnish space for a carriage - way . Behind this Doric colonnade was a vestibule 43 feet in depth , the roof ...
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... height of 6780 feet , and can be seen at sunset from the plain of Troy on the one hand , and on the other from the slopes of Olympus . The whole peninsula is remarkable for the beauty of its scenery , with rocky heights and richly ...
... height of 6780 feet , and can be seen at sunset from the plain of Troy on the one hand , and on the other from the slopes of Olympus . The whole peninsula is remarkable for the beauty of its scenery , with rocky heights and richly ...
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... height of the land ; and that depressions of the sea - bottom to a depth of three miles or more extend over wide areas , whilst elevations of the land to similar height are confined to a few peaks and narrow ridges . Hence , he remarked ...
... height of the land ; and that depressions of the sea - bottom to a depth of three miles or more extend over wide areas , whilst elevations of the land to similar height are confined to a few peaks and narrow ridges . Hence , he remarked ...
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... heights of from 1500 to 2000 feet above the level of the sea , showing a rise of the base of the craters ; progressive ... height could be formed in any other way than by coral growth , the structure of the Bermuda group would seem to ...
... heights of from 1500 to 2000 feet above the level of the sea , showing a rise of the base of the craters ; progressive ... height could be formed in any other way than by coral growth , the structure of the Bermuda group would seem to ...
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