The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... ancient inhabitants of Britain . Scripture refers the origin of so useful an invention to God himself , who gave the first specimen of navigation in the ark built by Noah under his direction . The earliest record of the practice of the ...
... ancient inhabitants of Britain . Scripture refers the origin of so useful an invention to God himself , who gave the first specimen of navigation in the ark built by Noah under his direction . The earliest record of the practice of the ...
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... ancients consists in the mariner's compass , by which they are enabled to find their way with more facility in the midst of an immeasurable ocean , than the ancients could have done by creeping along the coast , and never going out of ...
... ancients consists in the mariner's compass , by which they are enabled to find their way with more facility in the midst of an immeasurable ocean , than the ancients could have done by creeping along the coast , and never going out of ...
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... ancient historians , we learn that canals existed in Egypt before the Christian era ; and there is reason to believe that , at the same early period , artificial inland navi- gation also existed in China . Almost nothing , however ...
... ancient historians , we learn that canals existed in Egypt before the Christian era ; and there is reason to believe that , at the same early period , artificial inland navi- gation also existed in China . Almost nothing , however ...
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... ancient Britons , covered with hides . For many centuries after the expulsion of the Romans from , or their abandonment of , the British Islands , very little progress appears to have been made by us in the art of navigation or ship ...
... ancient Britons , covered with hides . For many centuries after the expulsion of the Romans from , or their abandonment of , the British Islands , very little progress appears to have been made by us in the art of navigation or ship ...
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... ancient legends , Bacchus found Ariadne , who had been brought from Crete and left here by The- It is said that the ... ancient times . Near the north end of the island is a marble quarry , containing an ancient colossal statue , said to ...
... ancient legends , Bacchus found Ariadne , who had been brought from Crete and left here by The- It is said that the ... ancient times . Near the north end of the island is a marble quarry , containing an ancient colossal statue , said to ...
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