On Some Disputed Questions of Ancient GeographyJohn Murray, 1857 - 128 էջ |
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... proportion , by which we may be allowed to compute the difference between the general periphery of a great island or peninsula and its catacolpizing line . The 13,500 miles therefore , which are the measure of the circuit of the African ...
... proportion , by which we may be allowed to compute the difference between the general periphery of a great island or peninsula and its catacolpizing line . The 13,500 miles therefore , which are the measure of the circuit of the African ...
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... proportion of 13 to 10 for catacolpization , makes 1480 G. M. sailed over in 127 days . From these days , however , a few may be deducted as not pro- ceeding from any of the four above - mentioned causes of delay , such as the days ...
... proportion of 13 to 10 for catacolpization , makes 1480 G. M. sailed over in 127 days . From these days , however , a few may be deducted as not pro- ceeding from any of the four above - mentioned causes of delay , such as the days ...
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... proportion to its conformity with geographical accu- racy . If by a legendary story is meant a poetical narrative of real events , transmitted by oral tra- dition or collected from prior legendary documents and embellished by the story ...
... proportion to its conformity with geographical accu- racy . If by a legendary story is meant a poetical narrative of real events , transmitted by oral tra- dition or collected from prior legendary documents and embellished by the story ...
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... the description of Thucydides is to be applied , so that the difficulty rests only on the enormous dis- proportion between the two entrances of the bay of Navarino , as we now find them , and the 78 PYLUS OF MESSENIA . 18 18.
... the description of Thucydides is to be applied , so that the difficulty rests only on the enormous dis- proportion between the two entrances of the bay of Navarino , as we now find them , and the 78 PYLUS OF MESSENIA . 18 18.
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... proportion , for instance , between the two entrances into the bay of Pylus is not , as he states , that of 8 or 9 to 2 , but of 16 or 18 to 2. Again , the 15 stades which his text assigns as the length of the island Sphacteria agrees ...
... proportion , for instance , between the two entrances into the bay of Pylus is not , as he states , that of 8 or 9 to 2 , but of 16 or 18 to 2. Again , the 15 stades which his text assigns as the length of the island Sphacteria agrees ...
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