The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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... miles , comprises nearly two - thirds of the entire extent of the growing German power form the subject of the early the German empire . Its kernel is the Mark of Branden- history of Brandenburg . Hand in hand with the territorial burg ...
... miles , comprises nearly two - thirds of the entire extent of the growing German power form the subject of the early the German empire . Its kernel is the Mark of Branden- history of Brandenburg . Hand in hand with the territorial burg ...
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... miles of railway in Prussia were in the hands of Government . The proportion of railway mileage in Prussia ( 5 miles per 10,000 inhabitants ) is nearly as high as in Great Britain , Thus in 1880-81 the Prussian rail- but the traffic is ...
... miles of railway in Prussia were in the hands of Government . The proportion of railway mileage in Prussia ( 5 miles per 10,000 inhabitants ) is nearly as high as in Great Britain , Thus in 1880-81 the Prussian rail- but the traffic is ...
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... miles , and occupying an area of up- wards of 24,000 square miles . The eastern part of this territory formed the duchy of Prussia , which was acquired by the electors of Brandenburg in 1618 , and furnished them with their regal title ...
... miles , and occupying an area of up- wards of 24,000 square miles . The eastern part of this territory formed the duchy of Prussia , which was acquired by the electors of Brandenburg in 1618 , and furnished them with their regal title ...
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... miles , or nearly twice that of the kingdom of Saxony ; its extreme length , from north to south , is nearly 200 miles and its greatest breadth is just under 90. It includes about 200 miles of the course of the Rhine , which forms the ...
... miles , or nearly twice that of the kingdom of Saxony ; its extreme length , from north to south , is nearly 200 miles and its greatest breadth is just under 90. It includes about 200 miles of the course of the Rhine , which forms the ...
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... miles long and 35 miles broad , watered by the Lovat and Polist , occupies the inter- PSAMMETICHUS . See EGYPT , vol . vii . p . 743 . PSELLUS , the name of several Byzantine writers , of val between the two hilly tracts ; it is covered ...
... miles long and 35 miles broad , watered by the Lovat and Polist , occupies the inter- PSAMMETICHUS . See EGYPT , vol . vii . p . 743 . PSELLUS , the name of several Byzantine writers , of val between the two hilly tracts ; it is covered ...
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