The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Latest Edition. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideDay Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith Werner, 1902 |
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... granite columns and traces of a sea - wall with towers , stretch southwards a mile beyond the modern town . An aqueduct in the cliff once brought water a distance of 9 miles from the south . Kerak , at the south end of the lake , is an ...
... granite columns and traces of a sea - wall with towers , stretch southwards a mile beyond the modern town . An aqueduct in the cliff once brought water a distance of 9 miles from the south . Kerak , at the south end of the lake , is an ...
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... granite , and is barren , rugged , and mountainous . It is divided into the three districts of Connemara , Jar - Connaught , and Joyce's Country ; the name of Connemara is , however , often applied to the whole district . Its highest ...
... granite , and is barren , rugged , and mountainous . It is divided into the three districts of Connemara , Jar - Connaught , and Joyce's Country ; the name of Connemara is , however , often applied to the whole district . Its highest ...
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... granite and syenite , which runs under the sandstone conglomerate towards Oughterard , and this again passes under the flötz lime- stone , which , beyond Lough Corrib , occupies the greater part of Connaught and Leinster . Along the ...
... granite and syenite , which runs under the sandstone conglomerate towards Oughterard , and this again passes under the flötz lime- stone , which , beyond Lough Corrib , occupies the greater part of Connaught and Leinster . Along the ...
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... granite , dolomite , and crystalline limestone ; sometimes as pyrope , in serpentine ; also in felspar - porphyry , and in volcanic rocks . In Cornwall it is met with chiefly in greenstone , or in close proximity thereto . It is an ...
... granite , dolomite , and crystalline limestone ; sometimes as pyrope , in serpentine ; also in felspar - porphyry , and in volcanic rocks . In Cornwall it is met with chiefly in greenstone , or in close proximity thereto . It is an ...
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... granite , freestone , lime , and slate . The mauu- factures are various though not individually extensive , and include iron and copper utensils , earthenware , woollen , cotton , and linen goods , leather , paper , watches , mathe ...
... granite , freestone , lime , and slate . The mauu- factures are various though not individually extensive , and include iron and copper utensils , earthenware , woollen , cotton , and linen goods , leather , paper , watches , mathe ...
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