The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 6. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1878 |
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... islands such as Monach , which is situated about seven miles to westward of the Hebrides , in the full sweep of the westerly winds of the Atlantic which there prevail . The mean January temperature of this island , which is nearly in ...
... islands such as Monach , which is situated about seven miles to westward of the Hebrides , in the full sweep of the westerly winds of the Atlantic which there prevail . The mean January temperature of this island , which is nearly in ...
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... island Pemba on the East African coast , and Amboyna . Cloves are also grown in Java , Sumatra , Réunion , Guiana , and the West India Islands . Cloves as they come into the market have a deep brown colour , a powerfully fragrant odour ...
... island Pemba on the East African coast , and Amboyna . Cloves are also grown in Java , Sumatra , Réunion , Guiana , and the West India Islands . Cloves as they come into the market have a deep brown colour , a powerfully fragrant odour ...
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... Island of Triopion , or Cape Krio , which anciently com municated with the continent by a causeway and bridge , and is now permanently connected by a narrow sandy isth- mus . By means of the causeway the channel between island and ...
... Island of Triopion , or Cape Krio , which anciently com municated with the continent by a causeway and bridge , and is now permanently connected by a narrow sandy isth- mus . By means of the causeway the channel between island and ...
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... island in one connected mass . The coal measures have probably been at one time nearly as exten- sive , but they have been almost entirely removed by denudation , the largest remaining basins being that of Castlecomer , near Kilkenny ...
... island in one connected mass . The coal measures have probably been at one time nearly as exten- sive , but they have been almost entirely removed by denudation , the largest remaining basins being that of Castlecomer , near Kilkenny ...
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... island of Takasima , near Nagasaki , a colliery is worked by the Japanese Government for the supply of their steamers on a tolerably large scale . In the great islands of the Indian and South Pacific Oceans , coal - bearing strata are ...
... island of Takasima , near Nagasaki , a colliery is worked by the Japanese Government for the supply of their steamers on a tolerably large scale . In the great islands of the Indian and South Pacific Oceans , coal - bearing strata are ...
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