The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 7. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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... feet beneath the level of the ocean . The Jordan clergyman , or as lecturer in a parish church . He may be valley itself , for a distance of about 80 miles to the north- ordained at twenty - three years of age , anno currente ; but ward ...
... feet beneath the level of the ocean . The Jordan clergyman , or as lecturer in a parish church . He may be valley itself , for a distance of about 80 miles to the north- ordained at twenty - three years of age , anno currente ; but ward ...
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... feet beneath the level of the ocean . The Jordan valley itself , for a distance of about 80 miles to the north- ward and 30 to the southward , is also below the level of the ocean . The general contour of the sea is an elongated oval ...
... feet beneath the level of the ocean . The Jordan valley itself , for a distance of about 80 miles to the north- ward and 30 to the southward , is also below the level of the ocean . The general contour of the sea is an elongated oval ...
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... feet beneath the level of the ocean . The Jordan clergyman , or as lecturer in a parish church . He may be valley itself , for a distance of about 80 miles to the north- ordained at twenty - three years of age , anno currente ; but ward ...
... feet beneath the level of the ocean . The Jordan clergyman , or as lecturer in a parish church . He may be valley itself , for a distance of about 80 miles to the north- ordained at twenty - three years of age , anno currente ; but ward ...
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... feet , and is therefore 4000 feet above the lake . At the southern end the range is composed of red sandstone , a continuation of the " red " mountains of Edom . At the valley of Kerek the sandstone gives place to limestone ; but ...
... feet , and is therefore 4000 feet above the lake . At the southern end the range is composed of red sandstone , a continuation of the " red " mountains of Edom . At the valley of Kerek the sandstone gives place to limestone ; but ...
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... feet , while the elevation of the watershed is 787 feet ; and the action which upheaved the watershed occurred at the same geological period which gave to the whole of Palestine its present form . The formation of the Jordan valley M ...
... feet , while the elevation of the watershed is 787 feet ; and the action which upheaved the watershed occurred at the same geological period which gave to the whole of Palestine its present form . The formation of the Jordan valley M ...
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