The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... Lower Galilee . - The whole of Galilee presents country In the lower more or less disturbed by volcanic action . division the hills are all tilted up towards the east , and broad streams of lava have flowed over the plateau above the ...
... Lower Galilee . - The whole of Galilee presents country In the lower more or less disturbed by volcanic action . division the hills are all tilted up towards the east , and broad streams of lava have flowed over the plateau above the ...
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... Lower Galilee the peasants are principally Moslem , with a sprinkling of Greek Christians round Nazareth , which is a Christian town . In Upper Galilee , however , there is a mixture of Jews and Maronites , Druses and Moslems ( natives ...
... Lower Galilee the peasants are principally Moslem , with a sprinkling of Greek Christians round Nazareth , which is a Christian town . In Upper Galilee , however , there is a mixture of Jews and Maronites , Druses and Moslems ( natives ...
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... lower hills . A marshy plain , 2 miles long and 1 broad , called el Batihah , exists immediately east of the Jordan inlet . There is also on the west side of the lake a small plain called el Ghuweir , formed by the junction of three ...
... lower hills . A marshy plain , 2 miles long and 1 broad , called el Batihah , exists immediately east of the Jordan inlet . There is also on the west side of the lake a small plain called el Ghuweir , formed by the junction of three ...
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... lower course supplies the great river system of Bengal , rises in the Garhwál state , and falls into the Bay of Bengal after a course of 1500 miles . It issues , under the name of the Bhagirathí , from an ice cave at the foot of an ...
... lower course supplies the great river system of Bengal , rises in the Garhwál state , and falls into the Bay of Bengal after a course of 1500 miles . It issues , under the name of the Bhagirathí , from an ice cave at the foot of an ...
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... lower part of the retort ; but it was soon observed that the high temperature to which it was necessary to expose it , for the perfect decomposition of the coal , proved destructive to the lower side , and rendered it useless long ...
... lower part of the retort ; but it was soon observed that the high temperature to which it was necessary to expose it , for the perfect decomposition of the coal , proved destructive to the lower side , and rendered it useless long ...
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