The Encyclop¿dia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... importance of this subject , it must be viewed in connection with the entire system of which it forms a part . For ... important place which they have so long occupied in the commercial history of every country , and above all , the ...
... importance of this subject , it must be viewed in connection with the entire system of which it forms a part . For ... important place which they have so long occupied in the commercial history of every country , and above all , the ...
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... important step in the history of canals ; and that mode of surmounting elevations may be said to be almost universally adopted throughout Europe and America . Inclined planes and perpendicular lifts have , it is true , been employed in ...
... important step in the history of canals ; and that mode of surmounting elevations may be said to be almost universally adopted throughout Europe and America . Inclined planes and perpendicular lifts have , it is true , been employed in ...
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... importance in promoting its commercial prosperity . It is believed that the canals which have been constructed in ... important object of securing the works against injury from an overflow of water during floods , and a consequent ...
... importance in promoting its commercial prosperity . It is believed that the canals which have been constructed in ... important object of securing the works against injury from an overflow of water during floods , and a consequent ...
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... importance . " Pitching " with stones and " facing " with brushwood are employed , and , in the writer's experience ... important matter , as affecting the construc- tion of the works , is the possibility of getting clay in the district ...
... importance . " Pitching " with stones and " facing " with brushwood are employed , and , in the writer's experience ... important matter , as affecting the construc- tion of the works , is the possibility of getting clay in the district ...
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... important advantage derived from the tides is that upward current due to the tidal rise , which , at first checking and ultimately overpowering and reversing the flow of the ebb - stream , carries vessels to their port , far , it may be ...
... important advantage derived from the tides is that upward current due to the tidal rise , which , at first checking and ultimately overpowering and reversing the flow of the ebb - stream , carries vessels to their port , far , it may be ...
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