Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 17. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 459
... most noted is Sicily . Mount Etna , now called Monte Gibello , or Mongibello , a volcano whofe eruptions have often proved fatal to the neighbouring country . See ETNA . By which how their heads near the base of the large ones . Thefe ...
... most noted is Sicily . Mount Etna , now called Monte Gibello , or Mongibello , a volcano whofe eruptions have often proved fatal to the neighbouring country . See ETNA . By which how their heads near the base of the large ones . Thefe ...
Page 505
... most eminent men of that bright era of British science . Among thefe he always mentioned Captain Halley ( the celebrated Dr Edmund Halley ) with particular refpect ; faying , that he had the most acute penetration , and the most juit ...
... most eminent men of that bright era of British science . Among thefe he always mentioned Captain Halley ( the celebrated Dr Edmund Halley ) with particular refpect ; faying , that he had the most acute penetration , and the most juit ...
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... most confiderable are the Ebro , formerly Iberus , Guadalavier , anciently Turia , Guadalquiver or Batis , Segura , and Xucar . 149 Religion . 150 Trade and manufac- gures . The Spaniards are zealous Romanists . Nowhere is there more ...
... most confiderable are the Ebro , formerly Iberus , Guadalavier , anciently Turia , Guadalquiver or Batis , Segura , and Xucar . 149 Religion . 150 Trade and manufac- gures . The Spaniards are zealous Romanists . Nowhere is there more ...
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