The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... whole peninsula which was formerly known as Acte . The peak rises like a pyramid , with a steep summit of white marble , to a height of 6780 feet , and can be seen at sunset from the plain of Troy on the one hand , and on the other from ...
... whole peninsula which was formerly known as Acte . The peak rises like a pyramid , with a steep summit of white marble , to a height of 6780 feet , and can be seen at sunset from the plain of Troy on the one hand , and on the other from ...
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... whole land is certainly less than one - fifth of a mile , giving from 9 to 10 millions of cubic miles as the total mass of land that rises above the sea - level , the average depth of the sea ( so far as at present known ) may be taken ...
... whole land is certainly less than one - fifth of a mile , giving from 9 to 10 millions of cubic miles as the total mass of land that rises above the sea - level , the average depth of the sea ( so far as at present known ) may be taken ...
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... whole year may be confidently stated at not more than 2 miles per hour , or 48 miles per day.2 The Gulf Stream current , however , does not by any means occupy the whole of the sectional area of the Florida Channel ; for it is separated ...
... whole year may be confidently stated at not more than 2 miles per hour , or 48 miles per day.2 The Gulf Stream current , however , does not by any means occupy the whole of the sectional area of the Florida Channel ; for it is separated ...
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... whole of the deeper portion of the great ocean - basins in communication with the polar areas is occupied by polar water , which is constantly , though slowly , flowing towards the equator ; whilst conversely the whole upper stratum of ...
... whole of the deeper portion of the great ocean - basins in communication with the polar areas is occupied by polar water , which is constantly , though slowly , flowing towards the equator ; whilst conversely the whole upper stratum of ...
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... whole sea - bed is covered by a stratum of about 600 fathoms ' thickness , whose tempera- ture ranges downwards from 35 ° to 33 ° . The whole of this deepest stratum is colder than any water that is found in the corresponding portion of ...
... whole sea - bed is covered by a stratum of about 600 fathoms ' thickness , whose tempera- ture ranges downwards from 35 ° to 33 ° . The whole of this deepest stratum is colder than any water that is found in the corresponding portion of ...
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