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 27
... Upper Galilee as constituting the whole of Galilee proper ( Ant . xx . 6 , 1 ) , and elsewhere in giving Xaloth ( Iksal ) 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 ( Iksal ) 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 ...
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... 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 edge of the lower fitting into a channel which runs round the bottom of the upper , whereby the entire structure is rendered air- tight at the line of junction . Holders of great capacity are now erected in connexion with large ...
... upper edge of the lower fitting into a channel which runs round the bottom of the upper , whereby the entire structure is rendered air- tight at the line of junction . Holders of great capacity are now erected in connexion with large ...
Page 99
... upper luminiferous part , pro- ducing a most beneficial result when common gas is con- sumed . The common metal and steatite - tipped burners in use permit the current of gas to strike against their orifices without any control or ...
... upper luminiferous part , pro- ducing a most beneficial result when common gas is con- sumed . The common metal and steatite - tipped burners in use permit the current of gas to strike against their orifices without any control or ...
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