The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... principal books for learning scientifically the art of navigation . What he had delivered , especially in the latter of them , concerning this subject , was abridged as a manual for sailors , in a very small work called an Epitome ...
... principal books for learning scientifically the art of navigation . What he had delivered , especially in the latter of them , concerning this subject , was abridged as a manual for sailors , in a very small work called an Epitome ...
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... principal town on the river is Carmen , on the north bank , with a population exceed- ing 1000 . NEGRO , Rio , one of the principal tributaries of the Amazon , rises in New Granada by two head streams , and flows eastwards till it falls ...
... principal town on the river is Carmen , on the north bank , with a population exceed- ing 1000 . NEGRO , Rio , one of the principal tributaries of the Amazon , rises in New Granada by two head streams , and flows eastwards till it falls ...
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... principal range , rising to the summit of Doda- betta , the highest in the group , and having an elevation of 8760 feet above the level of the sea , being the greatest in India south of the Himalaya . Owing to the great eleva- tion of ...
... principal range , rising to the summit of Doda- betta , the highest in the group , and having an elevation of 8760 feet above the level of the sea , being the greatest in India south of the Himalaya . Owing to the great eleva- tion of ...
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... principal street , which is crossed at right angles by four others . There is an Episcopal , a Roman Catholic , a Methodist , and an Independent church ; several schools ; a fever hospital ; dispensary ; and barracks . Nenagh has also ...
... principal street , which is crossed at right angles by four others . There is an Episcopal , a Roman Catholic , a Methodist , and an Independent church ; several schools ; a fever hospital ; dispensary ; and barracks . Nenagh has also ...
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... principal places on its banks . NEUDORF ( Hungarian , Iglo ) , a town of Hungary , county of Zips , in a beautiful plain on the Hernad , 5 miles S. by W. of Leutshau , and 136 N.E. of Pesth . It is well built , and has one principal ...
... principal places on its banks . NEUDORF ( Hungarian , Iglo ) , a town of Hungary , county of Zips , in a beautiful plain on the Hernad , 5 miles S. by W. of Leutshau , and 136 N.E. of Pesth . It is well built , and has one principal ...
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