Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Հատոր 9Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... extremity of that ridge of moun- tains which bounds Loch Ness on the north - west side . It is situated about a mile to the north of Inverness , and is accessible on two different quarters , viz . the west and south - east ; the forming ...
... extremity of that ridge of moun- tains which bounds Loch Ness on the north - west side . It is situated about a mile to the north of Inverness , and is accessible on two different quarters , viz . the west and south - east ; the forming ...
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... extremity of it , which have evidently been guided by Forts . art into that position ; it being impossible that they could have rested there , had they been rolled down from the higher parts . The obvious reason for placing them in such ...
... extremity of it , which have evidently been guided by Forts . art into that position ; it being impossible that they could have rested there , had they been rolled down from the higher parts . The obvious reason for placing them in such ...
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... extremities of the faces , from f to h , and from m to 1 ; and from the points h , l , the flanks h , k , l , p , are drawn parallel to the capital LO of the ravelin . D 2 There Of Plate CCXXI There are sometimes redoubts made in the ...
... extremities of the faces , from f to h , and from m to 1 ; and from the points h , l , the flanks h , k , l , p , are drawn parallel to the capital LO of the ravelin . D 2 There Of Plate CCXXI There are sometimes redoubts made in the ...
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... extremities of the faces on the semi - gorges from N to b , and from M to a ; and from the points b , a , the faces are drawn parallel to those of the ravelin : the ditch before the redoubt is 6 toises , and its coun- terscarp parallel ...
... extremities of the faces on the semi - gorges from N to b , and from M to a ; and from the points b , a , the faces are drawn parallel to those of the ravelin : the ditch before the redoubt is 6 toises , and its coun- terscarp parallel ...
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... extremities . This retrench- ment , like all others , has a parapet turfed only with a berm of 8 feet before it ; as likewise a ditch from 3 to 5 toises broad . Fig . 13. When a hornwork is made before the ba- stion , the distance DL of ...
... extremities . This retrench- ment , like all others , has a parapet turfed only with a berm of 8 feet before it ; as likewise a ditch from 3 to 5 toises broad . Fig . 13. When a hornwork is made before the ba- stion , the distance DL of ...
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Էջ 384 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
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