The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... coast , if it does not give way before English or French , which have both become familiar in a corrupted form to a large number of the maritime population . The Fan , whose name appears under the various forms of Fanwe , Panwe ...
... coast , if it does not give way before English or French , which have both become familiar in a corrupted form to a large number of the maritime population . The Fan , whose name appears under the various forms of Fanwe , Panwe ...
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... coast , after a course of 170 miles in a south and south - west direction , enters the Atlantic near the port of La Guardia . It is navigable by small vessels on the lower part of its course . are - on the left the Sil , which rises ...
... coast , after a course of 170 miles in a south and south - west direction , enters the Atlantic near the port of La Guardia . It is navigable by small vessels on the lower part of its course . are - on the left the Sil , which rises ...
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... coast plains by low hills . East of the Buttauf extends the basaltic plateau called el Ahma ( " the inaccessible " ) , rising 1700 feet above the sea of Galilee . North of the Buttauf is a confused hill country , the spurs falling ...
... coast plains by low hills . East of the Buttauf extends the basaltic plateau called el Ahma ( " the inaccessible " ) , rising 1700 feet above the sea of Galilee . North of the Buttauf is a confused hill country , the spurs falling ...
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... coast of Texas in a north - easterly and south - westerly direction , and forming the gulf coast - line throughout its entire length . 3 See Sir W. Thomson on resistance measurement , Proc . R. S. , 1862 , p . 313 . 4 Schwendler , Phil ...
... coast of Texas in a north - easterly and south - westerly direction , and forming the gulf coast - line throughout its entire length . 3 See Sir W. Thomson on resistance measurement , Proc . R. S. , 1862 , p . 313 . 4 Schwendler , Phil ...
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... Coast . - Galway enjoys the advantage of a very extended line of sea - coast , indented by numerous harbours , which , however , are rarely used except by a few coasting and fishing vessels . Commencing at the coast of Mayo in the north ...
... Coast . - Galway enjoys the advantage of a very extended line of sea - coast , indented by numerous harbours , which , however , are rarely used except by a few coasting and fishing vessels . Commencing at the coast of Mayo in the north ...
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