The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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Page 108
... district , which was probably , as Mr Brough Smith considers , levelled and planed down by the ancient vast expansion of the Murray . " The waves of the sea , " he remarks , " and the waters of this river , have eaten away mountains of ...
... district , which was probably , as Mr Brough Smith considers , levelled and planed down by the ancient vast expansion of the Murray . " The waves of the sea , " he remarks , " and the waters of this river , have eaten away mountains of ...
Page 114
... district , then called Port Phillip , in the time of Governor Sir George Gipps , 1838 to 1846 , was growing fast into a position claiming independence . Melbourne , which began with a few huts on the banks of the Yarra - Yarra in 1835 ...
... district , then called Port Phillip , in the time of Governor Sir George Gipps , 1838 to 1846 , was growing fast into a position claiming independence . Melbourne , which began with a few huts on the banks of the Yarra - Yarra in 1835 ...
Page 119
... districts , 64 from Lower Austria , 5 from Southern Tyrol , 44 from Styria , 4 from Dalmatia , 34 from Moravia , and 2 from the Maritime District . The principal garden products are fruit and kitchen vegetables . The best fruit districts ...
... districts , 64 from Lower Austria , 5 from Southern Tyrol , 44 from Styria , 4 from Dalmatia , 34 from Moravia , and 2 from the Maritime District . The principal garden products are fruit and kitchen vegetables . The best fruit districts ...
Page 120
... district of Schemnitz and Kremnitz in Hungary ; ( 3. ) Pribram and Joachimsthal in Bo- hemia . Nearly 3,000,000 cwt . of gold and silver ores is obtained annually , from which 64,298 oz . of gold and 1,476,000 oz . of silver are ...
... district of Schemnitz and Kremnitz in Hungary ; ( 3. ) Pribram and Joachimsthal in Bo- hemia . Nearly 3,000,000 cwt . of gold and silver ores is obtained annually , from which 64,298 oz . of gold and 1,476,000 oz . of silver are ...
Page 144
... district of Amara- pura is of equal size , so that Ava must be considered as not only the name of the former capital , but of a large district , which includes an area of 288 miles , containing , according to the most accurate estimate ...
... district of Amara- pura is of equal size , so that Ava must be considered as not only the name of the former capital , but of a large district , which includes an area of 288 miles , containing , according to the most accurate estimate ...
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