The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... island of Tristan da Cunha ( fig . 2 ) , has not yet been ascertained . According to the view already suggested as ... islands not only to each other but also to the continent of Europe ) , it is obvious that the platform on which they ...
... island of Tristan da Cunha ( fig . 2 ) , has not yet been ascertained . According to the view already suggested as ... islands not only to each other but also to the continent of Europe ) , it is obvious that the platform on which they ...
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... island was temporarily formed in the Azores group , off St Michael , by the throwing - up of ashes , and the formation of a cone about 300 feet high , with a crater in the centre . This island , to which the name Sabrina was given , was ...
... island was temporarily formed in the Azores group , off St Michael , by the throwing - up of ashes , and the formation of a cone about 300 feet high , with a crater in the centre . This island , to which the name Sabrina was given , was ...
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... islands in their folds , which increase in warmth from the centre of the island to its sea - board . So in Norway the isothermal lines run parallel to the coast - line , and this alike in summer and in winter , the temperature falling ...
... islands in their folds , which increase in warmth from the centre of the island to its sea - board . So in Norway the isothermal lines run parallel to the coast - line , and this alike in summer and in winter , the temperature falling ...
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... island of Tristan da Cunha . The temperature of the water that occupies it , however , is lower through its whole ... Islands to the Cape of Good Hope . Not- withstanding the rise of the surface - temperature to 76 ° -80 ° , the ...
... island of Tristan da Cunha . The temperature of the water that occupies it , however , is lower through its whole ... Islands to the Cape of Good Hope . Not- withstanding the rise of the surface - temperature to 76 ° -80 ° , the ...
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... island Atlantis . This was a continent lying over against the pillars of Hercules , in extent greater than Libya and Asia put together , and was the passage to other islands and to another continent , of which the Mediter- ranean Sea ...
... island Atlantis . This was a continent lying over against the pillars of Hercules , in extent greater than Libya and Asia put together , and was the passage to other islands and to another continent , of which the Mediter- ranean Sea ...
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