The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... taken , but recovered soon Constantine the Great gloried in the title of General of Athens , which had been conferred upon him , and expressed high satisfaction on obtaining from the people the honour of a statue with an inscription ...
... taken , but recovered soon Constantine the Great gloried in the title of General of Athens , which had been conferred upon him , and expressed high satisfaction on obtaining from the people the honour of a statue with an inscription ...
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... taken by the modern methods , whose reliability has been amply tested by the accordance of diversified experiences , we can now assert with confidence that scarcely any portion of its floor has a depth exceeding 3000 fathoms , or about ...
... taken by the modern methods , whose reliability has been amply tested by the accordance of diversified experiences , we can now assert with confidence that scarcely any portion of its floor has a depth exceeding 3000 fathoms , or about ...
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... taken place in the later Miocene period . As soon as the first solid lavas raised their heads above water , and were thus exposed to the action of the waves , fragments were detached and rounded on the shore ; and these being swept off ...
... taken place in the later Miocene period . As soon as the first solid lavas raised their heads above water , and were thus exposed to the action of the waves , fragments were detached and rounded on the shore ; and these being swept off ...
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... ( taken in connection with the absence of ice in the harbours of Norway , even as far north as Hammerfest , through the whole winter ) the dependence of the mild winter climate of the north - western coasts of Europe upon the proximity of ...
... ( taken in connection with the absence of ice in the harbours of Norway , even as far north as Hammerfest , through the whole winter ) the dependence of the mild winter climate of the north - western coasts of Europe upon the proximity of ...
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... taken nearly north and south . Red Sea , from all but local influences , the temperature of its water from the sub - surface stratum downwards to the bottom - whatever its depth - would be its isocheimal or mean winter - temperature ...
... taken nearly north and south . Red Sea , from all but local influences , the temperature of its water from the sub - surface stratum downwards to the bottom - whatever its depth - would be its isocheimal or mean winter - temperature ...
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