Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, 10. köideW. & R. Chambers, 1892 |
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A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. SWEDEN SWEDEN SWEDEN SWEDEN | SWIFT. by the river Torneå and its affluent , the ... rivers . This division is very rich in mineral resources , but iron ore is almost the only one that is extracted ...
A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. SWEDEN SWEDEN SWEDEN SWEDEN | SWIFT. by the river Torneå and its affluent , the ... rivers . This division is very rich in mineral resources , but iron ore is almost the only one that is extracted ...
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... River , near Penrith , several miles from Sydney . There are numerous parks near the city . The Botanical Gardens , the finest in the colonies , cover 38 acres . Sydney has one shipbuilding establishment . The Fitzroy Dry Dock ...
... River , near Penrith , several miles from Sydney . There are numerous parks near the city . The Botanical Gardens , the finest in the colonies , cover 38 acres . Sydney has one shipbuilding establishment . The Fitzroy Dry Dock ...
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... river Körös , 80 miles SE . of Budapest . A good breed of horses is cultivated here . Pop . ( 1890 ) 24,391 , mostly Slovaks , who , however , speak Hungarian . Szathmar - Nemethy , a town of Hungary , on the Szamos , 68 miles by rail ...
... river Körös , 80 miles SE . of Budapest . A good breed of horses is cultivated here . Pop . ( 1890 ) 24,391 , mostly Slovaks , who , however , speak Hungarian . Szathmar - Nemethy , a town of Hungary , on the Szamos , 68 miles by rail ...
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... River , 134 miles by rail W. of New York . It has foundries and a shoe- factory . Pop . ( 1890 ) 6054 . Tamar , a river which through 45 of its 59 miles is the boundary between Devon and Cornwall ; its estuary in Plymouth Sound is ...
... River , 134 miles by rail W. of New York . It has foundries and a shoe- factory . Pop . ( 1890 ) 6054 . Tamar , a river which through 45 of its 59 miles is the boundary between Devon and Cornwall ; its estuary in Plymouth Sound is ...
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... river whose valley has been , at a point 65 miles N. of Bombay , impounded by the largest masonry dam in the world , for the water- supply of Bombay . The embankment , a little short of two miles long , is 118 feet high and 100 feet ...
... river whose valley has been , at a point 65 miles N. of Bombay , impounded by the largest masonry dam in the world , for the water- supply of Bombay . The embankment , a little short of two miles long , is 118 feet high and 100 feet ...
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