The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... known as the Parthenon .. The designer of this masterpiece of architecture arthenon . was Ictinus ; the foundations of the old temple were at his suggestion extended in length and breadth , and thus arose upon the S. side of the ...
... known as the Parthenon .. The designer of this masterpiece of architecture arthenon . was Ictinus ; the foundations of the old temple were at his suggestion extended in length and breadth , and thus arose upon the S. side of the ...
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... known by the ancients as the temple of the Wingless Victory ( Níkη πтeрos ) , which has already been mentioned as probably one of the buildings of Cimon . Perhaps before the 18th century this building was pulled down by the Turks , and ...
... known by the ancients as the temple of the Wingless Victory ( Níkη πтeрos ) , which has already been mentioned as probably one of the buildings of Cimon . Perhaps before the 18th century this building was pulled down by the Turks , and ...
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... known as the Gulf of Guinea . parallels of 20 ° and 30 ° S. , and. This correspondence suggested to Humboldt the idea that the Atlantic basin was originally excavated by a very violent rush of water from the south , which , being ...
... known as the Gulf of Guinea . parallels of 20 ° and 30 ° S. , and. This correspondence suggested to Humboldt the idea that the Atlantic basin was originally excavated by a very violent rush of water from the south , which , being ...
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... known as the Equa- torial Current . The position of the northern and southern boundaries of this current shifts , like the area of the trade- winds , in accordance with the northward and southward declination of the sun ; -a steady ...
... known as the Equa- torial Current . The position of the northern and southern boundaries of this current shifts , like the area of the trade- winds , in accordance with the northward and southward declination of the sun ; -a steady ...
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... known as Rennell's , which , flowing eastwards into the southern part of the Bay of Biscay , is deflected in a N.W. direction by the trend of its coast - line , so as to cross the British Channel towards the Scilly Islands , whence it ...
... known as Rennell's , which , flowing eastwards into the southern part of the Bay of Biscay , is deflected in a N.W. direction by the trend of its coast - line , so as to cross the British Channel towards the Scilly Islands , whence it ...
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