Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions1824 |
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... river in a feeble state . " If the letters above referred to had formed a part of this communication , I think the Secretary of the Academy would have sacrificed a fine comparison to an instructive fact . In other respects Conduit's ...
... river in a feeble state . " If the letters above referred to had formed a part of this communication , I think the Secretary of the Academy would have sacrificed a fine comparison to an instructive fact . In other respects Conduit's ...
Էջ 7
... river Avon , two miles above Linlithgow Bridge , 835 feet long , and 90 feet in height above the bed of the river . Both of these are to be lined with an iron trough instead of puddle . About 284 miles from Edinburgh , as the line ...
... river Avon , two miles above Linlithgow Bridge , 835 feet long , and 90 feet in height above the bed of the river . Both of these are to be lined with an iron trough instead of puddle . About 284 miles from Edinburgh , as the line ...
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... river , called the Nile of the Negroes , the Niger of Ptolemy and of the moderns , which he represents to rise from the same fountain as the Egyptian Nile , and to flow westwards till it falls into the sea . This statement has not been ...
... river , called the Nile of the Negroes , the Niger of Ptolemy and of the moderns , which he represents to rise from the same fountain as the Egyptian Nile , and to flow westwards till it falls into the sea . This statement has not been ...
Էջ 40
... river is laid down more nearly north and south than the description of Burckhardt requires . We may , Latest Pub- however , expect much information on this subject , lications . from the observations which have been more recently made ...
... river is laid down more nearly north and south than the description of Burckhardt requires . We may , Latest Pub- however , expect much information on this subject , lications . from the observations which have been more recently made ...
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... river is interrupted by fre- quent shallows and small falls . The roaring of the fall at Wady Halfa , sometimes called by way of dis- tinction Jenadel , or the cataract , may be heard at the distance of a mile or two ; but the part of ...
... river is interrupted by fre- quent shallows and small falls . The roaring of the fall at Wady Halfa , sometimes called by way of dis- tinction Jenadel , or the cataract , may be heard at the distance of a mile or two ; but the part of ...
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