The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... extends from the sea to the land , and affords gation is the means of transport throughout the interior of a coun ... extend the present treatise greatly beyond the limits to which it must necessarily be restricted . For information as ...
... extends from the sea to the land , and affords gation is the means of transport throughout the interior of a coun ... extend the present treatise greatly beyond the limits to which it must necessarily be restricted . For information as ...
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... extends from Peterborough to the River Wi- tham , near the city of Lincoln , a distance of about 40 miles ; and the latter extends from Lincoln to the River Trent , near Torksey , a distance of 11 miles . The Caer Dyke exists now only ...
... extends from Peterborough to the River Wi- tham , near the city of Lincoln , a distance of about 40 miles ; and the latter extends from Lincoln to the River Trent , near Torksey , a distance of 11 miles . The Caer Dyke exists now only ...
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... extends from Amsterdam to the Helder , a distance of 51 miles , was finished in 1825. It is about 125 feet in ... extending from Inverness to Fort - William , a distance of 60 miles . The artificial part of it is 120 feet in width at the ...
... extends from Amsterdam to the Helder , a distance of 51 miles , was finished in 1825. It is about 125 feet in ... extending from Inverness to Fort - William , a distance of 60 miles . The artificial part of it is 120 feet in width at the ...
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... extend in an almost continuous line through the country . In other cases , such as the Union , Forth and Clyde ... extending throughout the whole line of canal . In large works these stop - gates may be most advantageously formed in the ...
... extend in an almost continuous line through the country . In other cases , such as the Union , Forth and Clyde ... extending throughout the whole line of canal . In large works these stop - gates may be most advantageously formed in the ...
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... extend our remarks to the means of conducting traffic on canals and rivers , and have to refer the reader for ... extending through the country for gation . the transport of boats and vessels . Canal navigation is thus entirely ...
... extend our remarks to the means of conducting traffic on canals and rivers , and have to refer the reader for ... extending through the country for gation . the transport of boats and vessels . Canal navigation is thus entirely ...
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