The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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... Lower Galilee was natural , being marked took an important part . For administrative purposes the ancient on the ... Lower Galilee . - The whole of Galilee presents country more or less disturbed by volcanic action . In the lower ...
... Lower Galilee was natural , being marked took an important part . For administrative purposes the ancient on the ... Lower Galilee . - The whole of Galilee presents country more or less disturbed by volcanic action . In the lower ...
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... Lower Galilee is well watered . The Kishon is fed by springs from near Tabor and from a copious stream from the west side of the plain of Esdraelon . North - west of Nazareth is Wâdy el Melek , an open valley full of springs . The river ...
... Lower Galilee is well watered . The Kishon is fed by springs from near Tabor and from a copious stream from the west side of the plain of Esdraelon . North - west of Nazareth is Wâdy el Melek , an open valley full of springs . The river ...
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... lower hills . A marshy plain , 2 miles long and 1 broad , called el Batihah , exists immediately east of the Jordan inlet . There is also on the west side of the lake a small plain called el Ghuweir , formed by the junction of three ...
... lower hills . A marshy plain , 2 miles long and 1 broad , called el Batihah , exists immediately east of the Jordan inlet . There is also on the west side of the lake a small plain called el Ghuweir , formed by the junction of three ...
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... Lower Bengal it is considered perilous to build any structure of a large or permanent character on the margin . Many decayed or ruined cities attest the changes in the river bed in ancient times ; and within our own times the main ...
... Lower Bengal it is considered perilous to build any structure of a large or permanent character on the margin . Many decayed or ruined cities attest the changes in the river bed in ancient times ; and within our own times the main ...
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... lower part of the retort ; but it was soon observed that the high temperature to which it was necessary to expose it , for the perfect decomposition of the coal , proved destructive to the lower side , and rendered it useless long ...
... lower part of the retort ; but it was soon observed that the high temperature to which it was necessary to expose it , for the perfect decomposition of the coal , proved destructive to the lower side , and rendered it useless long ...
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