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... occupies a somewhat subordinate place ; for not only must the towns with their population be placed in the foreground - the name of the river being placed after them within parentheses - but the boundaries of the provinces con- tinually ...
... occupies a somewhat subordinate place ; for not only must the towns with their population be placed in the foreground - the name of the river being placed after them within parentheses - but the boundaries of the provinces con- tinually ...
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... occupies the fore- most place among the physical sciences , it has been the last to receive the attention which is due to it . It consists of two principal branches - viz . , Ancient Geography , which embraces the lengthened period ...
... occupies the fore- most place among the physical sciences , it has been the last to receive the attention which is due to it . It consists of two principal branches - viz . , Ancient Geography , which embraces the lengthened period ...
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... occupy the place of a Centauri , which is regarded as the nearest of the fixed stars , his diameter would be reduced to 0 " .0093 , or less than the hundredth part of a second . Here he would fail to be seen by the naked eye , and no ...
... occupy the place of a Centauri , which is regarded as the nearest of the fixed stars , his diameter would be reduced to 0 " .0093 , or less than the hundredth part of a second . Here he would fail to be seen by the naked eye , and no ...
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... occupies a huge , angular , canal - shaped basin , whose sides are nearly parallel It may be interesting to remember that the Great Pyramid indicates the correct number as 215 feet - that being the height of its base above the sea . to ...
... occupies a huge , angular , canal - shaped basin , whose sides are nearly parallel It may be interesting to remember that the Great Pyramid indicates the correct number as 215 feet - that being the height of its base above the sea . to ...
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... occupies the entire space between the tropics , producing a genial coolness , where otherwise the heat would be almost insupportable . Opposite Lima , on the Peruvian coast , its temperature is 14 ° below that of the neighbouring ocean ...
... occupies the entire space between the tropics , producing a genial coolness , where otherwise the heat would be almost insupportable . Opposite Lima , on the Peruvian coast , its temperature is 14 ° below that of the neighbouring ocean ...
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Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political Alexander Mackay Vista completa - 1861 |
Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political Alexander Mackay Vista completa - 1873 |
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