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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Page 28
... thick wood spreads over the northern slopes of Tabor . The hills west of the great plain are partly of bare white chalk , partly covered with dense thickets . The mountains north of the Buttauf are rugged and covered with scrub , except ...
... thick wood spreads over the northern slopes of Tabor . The hills west of the great plain are partly of bare white chalk , partly covered with dense thickets . The mountains north of the Buttauf are rugged and covered with scrub , except ...
Page 52
... thick soft iron , which completely encloses the whole , leaving only a small window for the ingress and egress of the ray of light by means of which the motions of the mirror are read ; a flat horse - shoe magnet placed on the top of ...
... thick soft iron , which completely encloses the whole , leaving only a small window for the ingress and egress of the ray of light by means of which the motions of the mirror are read ; a flat horse - shoe magnet placed on the top of ...
Page 83
... Thick forests of oak , fir , and pine exist in the mountains , and furnish timber for shipbuilding . The arable land ( 360,241 hectares , or 890,207 acres ) is well adapted for the cultivation of wheat , maize , and other grain crops ...
... Thick forests of oak , fir , and pine exist in the mountains , and furnish timber for shipbuilding . The arable land ( 360,241 hectares , or 890,207 acres ) is well adapted for the cultivation of wheat , maize , and other grain crops ...
Page 110
... thickness of a plate of metal , or any other gauged dimension , would have led one to sup- pose that for all except ... thick- ness of sheet metal as well as for wire , in spite of the ex- istence of the Birmingham Plate Gauge , which ...
... thickness of a plate of metal , or any other gauged dimension , would have led one to sup- pose that for all except ... thick- ness of sheet metal as well as for wire , in spite of the ex- istence of the Birmingham Plate Gauge , which ...
Page 113
... thick at base , and 40 feet in height , is greater than any ing mosques , & c . , carried embanked roads across the low country east and west of the city for a space of ten days ' journey . These works in part still exist . " Radiating ...
... thick at base , and 40 feet in height , is greater than any ing mosques , & c . , carried embanked roads across the low country east and west of the city for a space of ten days ' journey . These works in part still exist . " Radiating ...
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