CHAMBERS'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA: A DICTIONARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE. IN TEN VOLUMES. VOL. II.1872 |
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... less quan- tity of metal than is due to the calibre of the bell though giving the same note , produces a meagre harsh sound ; and the real or fancied superiority in dignity of tone of some old bells , is ascribed to a greater weight of ...
... less quan- tity of metal than is due to the calibre of the bell though giving the same note , produces a meagre harsh sound ; and the real or fancied superiority in dignity of tone of some old bells , is ascribed to a greater weight of ...
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... less than a mile wide ; thus the passage from the Cattegat into the Baltic is here easily commanded . Both the Belts are dangerous to navigation , on account of numerous sandbanks and strong currents ; and therefore , for large vessels ...
... less than a mile wide ; thus the passage from the Cattegat into the Baltic is here easily commanded . Both the Belts are dangerous to navigation , on account of numerous sandbanks and strong currents ; and therefore , for large vessels ...
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... less than 90 years , it had overleaped , without a break in its continuity , at once the Irrawaddy and the Indus . Benares in the one direction , was the first considerable increment , having been absorbed in 1775 ; while the last ...
... less than 90 years , it had overleaped , without a break in its continuity , at once the Irrawaddy and the Indus . Benares in the one direction , was the first considerable increment , having been absorbed in 1775 ; while the last ...
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... less considerable rivers , chiefly day on the depth of the adjacent bay - impairs the northerly tributaries of the Ganges ; so that even health of the labourer in proportion as it facilitates in the driest season there is scarcely any ...
... less considerable rivers , chiefly day on the depth of the adjacent bay - impairs the northerly tributaries of the Ganges ; so that even health of the labourer in proportion as it facilitates in the driest season there is scarcely any ...
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... less consequence . His whole productions have been collected and edited by Dr. Bowring and Mr. John Hill Burton , and published in eleven volumes . It is well , however , for B.'s reputation , that it does not rest wholly on his ...
... less consequence . His whole productions have been collected and edited by Dr. Bowring and Mr. John Hill Burton , and published in eleven volumes . It is well , however , for B.'s reputation , that it does not rest wholly on his ...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 2 Affichage du livre entier - 1873 |
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 2 Affichage du livre entier - 1891 |
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