The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... mountains , except the loftier summits , are , for the most part , covered with thick forests of pine , oak , cork , white poplar , wild olive , and other trees . The inferior ranges seem to be principally composed of Secondary ...
... mountains , except the loftier summits , are , for the most part , covered with thick forests of pine , oak , cork , white poplar , wild olive , and other trees . The inferior ranges seem to be principally composed of Secondary ...
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... mountains and plateaus Of the periodical variations of atmospheric pressure , the most marked is the daily variation , which in tropical and sub - tropical regions is one of the most regular of recurring phenomena . In higher latitudes ...
... mountains and plateaus Of the periodical variations of atmospheric pressure , the most marked is the daily variation , which in tropical and sub - tropical regions is one of the most regular of recurring phenomena . In higher latitudes ...
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... Mountains . Soil . The central position. the great national cemetery is no subject of regret , for nothing worse was ... mountainous , and between the mountain chains lie several plains of no great size , open on one side to the sea . On ...
... Mountains . Soil . The central position. the great national cemetery is no subject of regret , for nothing worse was ... mountainous , and between the mountain chains lie several plains of no great size , open on one side to the sea . On ...
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... Mountains . Soil . The central position of Attica in Greece was one main | later on occurs Cranaus , a personification of the rocky cause of its historical importance . When K. O. Müller ground , whence both Pindar and Aristophanes ...
... Mountains . Soil . The central position of Attica in Greece was one main | later on occurs Cranaus , a personification of the rocky cause of its historical importance . When K. O. Müller ground , whence both Pindar and Aristophanes ...
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... mountain did not form a continuous chain with Hy- mettus , for between them intervenes a level space of ground two miles in width , which formed the entrance to the mountains , reaching nearly to Sunium . At the extremity of Hymettus ...
... mountain did not form a continuous chain with Hy- mettus , for between them intervenes a level space of ground two miles in width , which formed the entrance to the mountains , reaching nearly to Sunium . At the extremity of Hymettus ...
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