The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... district particularly rich in paleontological remains , the existence of which were , however , then unknown ; and he immediately set to work to investigate both its natural history and geology . In 1834 he published a description of ...
... district particularly rich in paleontological remains , the existence of which were , however , then unknown ; and he immediately set to work to investigate both its natural history and geology . In 1834 he published a description of ...
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... district in the northern part of Campania . The term has sometimes a wide and sometimes a restricted signification , being used with reference to the whole of the fertile plain between the Massican ( now Mandragone ) hills and the river ...
... district in the northern part of Campania . The term has sometimes a wide and sometimes a restricted signification , being used with reference to the whole of the fertile plain between the Massican ( now Mandragone ) hills and the river ...
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... districts , as Ballarat , Wandyalloch , and Moreton Bay . Within these local tribes there are smaller associations ... district will be found , say , three villages , each containing two or three thousand people , the one of the Horse ...
... districts , as Ballarat , Wandyalloch , and Moreton Bay . Within these local tribes there are smaller associations ... district will be found , say , three villages , each containing two or three thousand people , the one of the Horse ...
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... districts in the Western States of America devastated very much in the manner thus described . The famine now raging in North China began in one district at least by a visitation of locusts . In India such visitations have occurred ...
... districts in the Western States of America devastated very much in the manner thus described . The famine now raging in North China began in one district at least by a visitation of locusts . In India such visitations have occurred ...
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... districts otherwise well provided with food supplies , and occasionally by excessive exports of grain into famine - stricken districts , or by combinations of two or more of the above - mentioned circumstances . " cause . Another point ...
... districts otherwise well provided with food supplies , and occasionally by excessive exports of grain into famine - stricken districts , or by combinations of two or more of the above - mentioned circumstances . " cause . Another point ...
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