The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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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. op . cit . ) Galangal seems to have been unknown to the of Gondar , in 13 ° N. lat . and 36 ° E. long . Most of the ancient Greeks and Romans , and to have been first intro- houses are built in the Abyssinian style , with ...
... miles W. op . cit . ) Galangal seems to have been unknown to the of Gondar , in 13 ° N. lat . and 36 ° E. long . Most of the ancient Greeks and Romans , and to have been first intro- houses are built in the Abyssinian style , with ...
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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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... miles , is everywhere bold and deeply indented , presenting a large number of secure harbours , in this respect forming a marked contrast to the The Eo , which bounds Galicia on neighbouring province . the east , has a deep estuary ...
... miles , is everywhere bold and deeply indented , presenting a large number of secure harbours , in this respect forming a marked contrast to the The Eo , which bounds Galicia on neighbouring province . the east , has a deep estuary ...
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