The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... miles . It maintains a breadth of about 7 miles for a distance of 40 miles inland , when it contracts into what is known more correctly as the Rio Olambo , which is not more than 2 or 3 miles from bank to bank . Two rivers , the Nkomo ...
... miles . It maintains a breadth of about 7 miles for a distance of 40 miles inland , when it contracts into what is known more correctly as the Rio Olambo , which is not more than 2 or 3 miles from bank to bank . Two rivers , the Nkomo ...
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... miles above its junction with the estuary of the Humber , and 16 miles N.W. of Lincoln . It consists chiefly of one long well - paved street running parallel to the river , which is here crossed by a fine stone bridge of three arches ...
... miles above its junction with the estuary of the Humber , and 16 miles N.W. of Lincoln . It consists chiefly of one long well - paved street running parallel to the river , which is here crossed by a fine stone bridge of three arches ...
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... miles W. of Gondar , in 13 ° N. lat . and 36 ° E. long . Most of the houses are built in the Abyssinian style , with conical roofs of grass , and the place would be of little importance if it were not the staple market for the ...
... miles W. of Gondar , in 13 ° N. lat . and 36 ° E. long . Most of the houses are built in the Abyssinian style , with conical roofs of grass , and the place would be of little importance if it were not the staple market for the ...
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... miles W.S. W. of Chicago , and is the centre of a farming district of great fertility . It has several extensive ... miles above its junction with the Mississippi , and on the northern division of the Illinois Central Railroad , 180 ...
... miles W.S. W. of Chicago , and is the centre of a farming district of great fertility . It has several extensive ... miles above its junction with the Mississippi , and on the northern division of the Illinois Central Railroad , 180 ...
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... miles , or more than 10,000 square miles greater than that of Bohemia , it is the largest of all the crown - lands of Austria . The population in 1869 was 5,418,016 , which showed an increase since 1857 of 785,150 . Of the whole ...
... miles , or more than 10,000 square miles greater than that of Bohemia , it is the largest of all the crown - lands of Austria . The population in 1869 was 5,418,016 , which showed an increase since 1857 of 785,150 . Of the whole ...
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