The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 25. köideThomas Spencer Baynes Werner Company, 1895 |
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... remarkable for the width of its nave and the narrowness of its aisles ; and the Roman Catholic pro - cathedral church of the Holy Apostles , with a convent and schools attached . Among the other buildings of note may be mentioned the ...
... remarkable for the width of its nave and the narrowness of its aisles ; and the Roman Catholic pro - cathedral church of the Holy Apostles , with a convent and schools attached . Among the other buildings of note may be mentioned the ...
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... remarkable for their exceptional purity , are used for iron - making purposes at Bowling and Low Moor . Iron ores are also found in considerable quantity on the Derbyshire side of the field , which are smelted at Butterly and other ...
... remarkable for their exceptional purity , are used for iron - making purposes at Bowling and Low Moor . Iron ores are also found in considerable quantity on the Derbyshire side of the field , which are smelted at Butterly and other ...
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... remarkable features being the inclined fault called the cran de retour , which brings the lower or dry coal series of the north side against the higher coking coals of the south side , as shown in the section , Plate II . fig . 4 . At ...
... remarkable features being the inclined fault called the cran de retour , which brings the lower or dry coal series of the north side against the higher coking coals of the south side , as shown in the section , Plate II . fig . 4 . At ...
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... remarkable as con . taining a large amount of sulphur ( see analysis Table I. ) . The hitherto inaccessible position of these places , which are usually more than 10,000 feet above the sea - level , has prevented the development of coal ...
... remarkable as con . taining a large amount of sulphur ( see analysis Table I. ) . The hitherto inaccessible position of these places , which are usually more than 10,000 feet above the sea - level , has prevented the development of coal ...
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... remarkable scene in the House of Commons . When the clerk read the orders of the day Lord Palmerston rose , and in impressive and solemn tones declared " it was not possible for the House to proceed to business without every member ...
... remarkable scene in the House of Commons . When the clerk read the orders of the day Lord Palmerston rose , and in impressive and solemn tones declared " it was not possible for the House to proceed to business without every member ...
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