The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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Page 88
... remarkable for the beauty and variety of their appearance . Palms , cocoa - nut trees , breadfruit trees , banyans , sugar - canes , pine - apples , potatoes , coffee , yams , and tobacco are among the productions of these 35 22 66 from ...
... remarkable for the beauty and variety of their appearance . Palms , cocoa - nut trees , breadfruit trees , banyans , sugar - canes , pine - apples , potatoes , coffee , yams , and tobacco are among the productions of these 35 22 66 from ...
Page 106
... remarkable might be men- tioned . Progres- sive dimi nution of sickness . it . The abundant supply of lime juice to the squadrons em- ployed on Arctic service was the means of averting this dreadful malady , very few cases having ...
... remarkable might be men- tioned . Progres- sive dimi nution of sickness . it . The abundant supply of lime juice to the squadrons em- ployed on Arctic service was the means of averting this dreadful malady , very few cases having ...
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... remarkable range is connected on its western side , where its summits bear the name of the Koondahs , with the Siadri branch of the Western Ghauts , here terminating in a southern face of lofty and perpendicular precipices , and forming ...
... remarkable range is connected on its western side , where its summits bear the name of the Koondahs , with the Siadri branch of the Western Ghauts , here terminating in a southern face of lofty and perpendicular precipices , and forming ...
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... remarkable for their height , present in general a bold and picturesque appear- ance , and inclose beautiful and fertile valleys , containing some of the best land in the state . The west bank of the Hudson is skirted for the length of ...
... remarkable for their height , present in general a bold and picturesque appear- ance , and inclose beautiful and fertile valleys , containing some of the best land in the state . The west bank of the Hudson is skirted for the length of ...
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... remarkable tenacity of life which characterizes misstatements that have once gained the public ear , may still therefore make it desirable to enumerate the principal reasons which led to the con- viction that the English Mercurie of ...
... remarkable tenacity of life which characterizes misstatements that have once gained the public ear , may still therefore make it desirable to enumerate the principal reasons which led to the con- viction that the English Mercurie of ...
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