The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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Page 27
... Upper Galilee as constituting the whole of Galilee proper ( Ant . xx . 6 , 1 ) , and elsewhere in giving Xaloth ( Iksâl ) and Dabaratta ( Debûrieh ) as boundary towns , seems to exclude from Galilee the plain of Esdraelon . In the early ...
... Upper Galilee as constituting the whole of Galilee proper ( Ant . xx . 6 , 1 ) , and elsewhere in giving Xaloth ( Iksâl ) and Dabaratta ( Debûrieh ) as boundary towns , seems to exclude from Galilee the plain of Esdraelon . In the early ...
Page 28
... Upper Galilee , however , there is a mixture of Jews and Maronites , Druses and Moslems ( natives or Algerine settlers ) , while the slopes above the Jordan are inhabited by wandering Arabs . The Jews are engaged in trade , and the ...
... Upper Galilee , however , there is a mixture of Jews and Maronites , Druses and Moslems ( natives or Algerine settlers ) , while the slopes above the Jordan are inhabited by wandering Arabs . The Jews are engaged in trade , and the ...
Page 83
... upper course of the Yang - tze - Kiang to the waterfalls . He was next com- missioned by Admiral Dupré , governor of Cochin - China , to Tong - king to found a French protectorate or a new colony . On November 20 , 1873 , he took Hanoi ...
... upper course of the Yang - tze - Kiang to the waterfalls . He was next com- missioned by Admiral Dupré , governor of Cochin - China , to Tong - king to found a French protectorate or a new colony . On November 20 , 1873 , he took Hanoi ...
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... upper part had sustained much injury . The next improvement was , accordingly , to interpose an arch of brickwork between it and the furnace , and to compensate for the diminished intensity of the heat by a more equally diffused ...
... upper part had sustained much injury . The next improvement was , accordingly , to interpose an arch of brickwork between it and the furnace , and to compensate for the diminished intensity of the heat by a more equally diffused ...
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... upper side of the condensing main HH , and as the lower end of it dips about 2 inches below the level of the liquid matter , it is evident that no gas can return and escape when the mouthpiece on the retort is removed , until it has ...
... upper side of the condensing main HH , and as the lower end of it dips about 2 inches below the level of the liquid matter , it is evident that no gas can return and escape when the mouthpiece on the retort is removed , until it has ...
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