The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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... river , which there flows between limestone cliffs forming the picturesque scenery of the Yangtse gorges . A third series starts from the Mongolian plateau and runs through Chihli and Shansi , forcing the Yellow river to take a long ...
... river , which there flows between limestone cliffs forming the picturesque scenery of the Yangtse gorges . A third series starts from the Mongolian plateau and runs through Chihli and Shansi , forcing the Yellow river to take a long ...
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... river , are 2000 feet in depth - points to immense antiquity , and probably was preceded by a series of inland lakes . The extensive areas now filled with red sandstone such as exist in Hunan and Szechuen were doubtless the beds of such ...
... river , are 2000 feet in depth - points to immense antiquity , and probably was preceded by a series of inland lakes . The extensive areas now filled with red sandstone such as exist in Hunan and Szechuen were doubtless the beds of such ...
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... river and yielding anthracite , and the other in the basin of the Siang river yielding bituminous coal . Both rivers drain into the Yangtse , and there is thus an easy outlet by water to Hankow . The quality of the coal , however , is ...
... river and yielding anthracite , and the other in the basin of the Siang river yielding bituminous coal . Both rivers drain into the Yangtse , and there is thus an easy outlet by water to Hankow . The quality of the coal , however , is ...
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... rivers , for instance , the Han river and the upper Yangtse , above Suifu , which here goes by the name of the " Goldsand river . amount so extracted is extremely small and hardly pays the labour of washing , but the existence of gold ...
... rivers , for instance , the Han river and the upper Yangtse , above Suifu , which here goes by the name of the " Goldsand river . amount so extracted is extremely small and hardly pays the labour of washing , but the existence of gold ...
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... river ports declared open to foreign trade under the treaty of Tientsin , the following places have since been thrown open at various times : - On the Canton or West River , Samshui , Wuchow , and Nanning . On the Yangtse , Wuhu , Shasi ...
... river ports declared open to foreign trade under the treaty of Tientsin , the following places have since been thrown open at various times : - On the Canton or West River , Samshui , Wuchow , and Nanning . On the Yangtse , Wuhu , Shasi ...
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