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... feet long , and 52 broad , and is supported by two rows of massy square pillars ( four in each row ) , 30 feet high . To each of the pillars is attached a standing colossus , reaching to the roof , overlaid with a kind of stucco , and ...
... feet long , and 52 broad , and is supported by two rows of massy square pillars ( four in each row ) , 30 feet high . To each of the pillars is attached a standing colossus , reaching to the roof , overlaid with a kind of stucco , and ...
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... feet above the sea - level . Some of the plains have an elevation of from 7 to 10,000 feet . A. gives birth to numerous rivers , the largest of which are the Abai or Nile ( Bahr - el - Azrek or Blue River ) , and the Takkazie , an ...
... feet above the sea - level . Some of the plains have an elevation of from 7 to 10,000 feet . A. gives birth to numerous rivers , the largest of which are the Abai or Nile ( Bahr - el - Azrek or Blue River ) , and the Takkazie , an ...
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... feet : 32 feet is thus the measure of the accelerative force of gravity . At the end of the second and third seconds , the velocity is found to be doubled , trebled , & c . , or 643 , 964 feet . ACCELERATION OF THE MOON . It was first ...
... feet : 32 feet is thus the measure of the accelerative force of gravity . At the end of the second and third seconds , the velocity is found to be doubled , trebled , & c . , or 643 , 964 feet . ACCELERATION OF THE MOON . It was first ...
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... feet ) . Even its branches ( 60-70 feet long ) are often as thick as the stems of large trees , and they form a hemispherical head of 120-150 feet in diameter ; their outermost boughs drooping to the ground . The leaves are digitate or ...
... feet ) . Even its branches ( 60-70 feet long ) are often as thick as the stems of large trees , and they form a hemispherical head of 120-150 feet in diameter ; their outermost boughs drooping to the ground . The leaves are digitate or ...
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... feet in length ; the latter , 8550 feet in length , contains some most remarkable stalactites , among which is the curtain ' ( vorhang ) , a white semi - transparent wall . The grotto ends in two paths , one of which leads to a lake ...
... feet in length ; the latter , 8550 feet in length , contains some most remarkable stalactites , among which is the curtain ' ( vorhang ) , a white semi - transparent wall . The grotto ends in two paths , one of which leads to a lake ...
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Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 1 Ephraim Chambers Affichage du livre entier - 1870 |
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