The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1884 |
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... natural products are similar to those in the Zambesi valley . A species of oil - plant is very abundant , as well as amber and sarsaparilla . The district of Lorenzo Marques is almost wholly confined to the town of that name ( q.v. ) ...
... natural products are similar to those in the Zambesi valley . A species of oil - plant is very abundant , as well as amber and sarsaparilla . The district of Lorenzo Marques is almost wholly confined to the town of that name ( q.v. ) ...
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... Natural Features and Resources . - Though the climate of the Mozambique country is subject to sudden and great alterations , the mean annual temperature is high . The cool season lasts from April to August . In the rainy season , which ...
... Natural Features and Resources . - Though the climate of the Mozambique country is subject to sudden and great alterations , the mean annual temperature is high . The cool season lasts from April to August . In the rainy season , which ...
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... natural tint of the stone or marble , and only the figures and hiero- glyphs painted . In the case of sculpture in hard basalt or granite the painting appears often to have been omitted altogether . The utter absence of perspective ...
... natural tint of the stone or marble , and only the figures and hiero- glyphs painted . In the case of sculpture in hard basalt or granite the painting appears often to have been omitted altogether . The utter absence of perspective ...
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... natural beauty of the marble itself and not by sculptured reliefs . One of the oldest buildings in the world , the so - called " Temple of the Sphinx " among the Gizeh pyramids , is built of great blocks of granite , the inside of the ...
... natural beauty of the marble itself and not by sculptured reliefs . One of the oldest buildings in the world , the so - called " Temple of the Sphinx " among the Gizeh pyramids , is built of great blocks of granite , the inside of the ...
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... natural virgin spawn , for by continually using spawn taken from mushroom - producing beds the potency for reproduction is weak- ened . The beds produce mushrooms in about six weeks after this spawning . The Fairy - ring Champignon ...
... natural virgin spawn , for by continually using spawn taken from mushroom - producing beds the potency for reproduction is weak- ened . The beds produce mushrooms in about six weeks after this spawning . The Fairy - ring Champignon ...
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