The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1875 |
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... regions of the Upper Nile.1 It has an area of 1 It is usual to include in Abyssinia the flat country which lies ... region , which has for three centuries been in the hands of enemies , that it is at present so far sunk in ignorance ...
... regions of the Upper Nile.1 It has an area of 1 It is usual to include in Abyssinia the flat country which lies ... region , which has for three centuries been in the hands of enemies , that it is at present so far sunk in ignorance ...
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... region , and is in each case constitutionally adapted to the climate , proves that acclimatisation has occurred . But we the American , which inhabits alike the frozen wastes of Hudson's Bay and Terra del Fuego , and the hottest regions ...
... region , and is in each case constitutionally adapted to the climate , proves that acclimatisation has occurred . But we the American , which inhabits alike the frozen wastes of Hudson's Bay and Terra del Fuego , and the hottest regions ...
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... region exclusively for untold ages ; and a similar affirmation may be made of the Indians of the plain . Now , there is little doubt that the progenitors of both these sections came from a temperate region ( in North America ) ; so that ...
... region exclusively for untold ages ; and a similar affirmation may be made of the Indians of the plain . Now , there is little doubt that the progenitors of both these sections came from a temperate region ( in North America ) ; so that ...
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... region , bearing the lateral ctenophores , grows principal lobes , by which the similar outgrowth of the median more rapidly than the oral , so as ultimately to project in two aboral regions with its ctenophores is arrested , the ...
... region , bearing the lateral ctenophores , grows principal lobes , by which the similar outgrowth of the median more rapidly than the oral , so as ultimately to project in two aboral regions with its ctenophores is arrested , the ...
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... region in Eastern Africa , with a coast line extending , between 11 ° 30 ′ and 15 ° 40 ′ N. lat .; from the Gulf of Tajurrah to the neighbourhood of Massowah . For about 300 miles it borders on the Red Sea , the coast of which is ...
... region in Eastern Africa , with a coast line extending , between 11 ° 30 ′ and 15 ° 40 ′ N. lat .; from the Gulf of Tajurrah to the neighbourhood of Massowah . For about 300 miles it borders on the Red Sea , the coast of which is ...
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