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... inches in diameter , with a warty and mealy surface . The largest British species , the GIANT P. ( L. giganteum ) , is often many feet in circumference , and filled with a loathsome pulpy mass , when young ; but in its mature state ...
... inches in diameter , with a warty and mealy surface . The largest British species , the GIANT P. ( L. giganteum ) , is often many feet in circumference , and filled with a loathsome pulpy mass , when young ; but in its mature state ...
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... inches in diameter , flows from the elevator , at the rate of 10,000 gallons per minute , from a depth of 300 feet . The manufacturers assert that these pumps cost much less and can lift more foot- pounds of water per 100 pounds of coal ...
... inches in diameter , flows from the elevator , at the rate of 10,000 gallons per minute , from a depth of 300 feet . The manufacturers assert that these pumps cost much less and can lift more foot- pounds of water per 100 pounds of coal ...
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... inches . The wings are strong and thick , and the flight more sustained Purple Emperor ( larva and pupa shewn below ) . than that of many butterflies . The P. E. is very often to be seen about the tops of oak - trees . PURPLE WOOD , or ...
... inches . The wings are strong and thick , and the flight more sustained Purple Emperor ( larva and pupa shewn below ) . than that of many butterflies . The P. E. is very often to be seen about the tops of oak - trees . PURPLE WOOD , or ...
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... inches , and its base 764 feet square ; in other words , it was higher than St Paul's Cathedral , on an area the size of Lincoln's Inn Fields . Its slope or angle was 51 ° 50 ' . It has been , however , much spoiled and stripped of its ...
... inches , and its base 764 feet square ; in other words , it was higher than St Paul's Cathedral , on an area the size of Lincoln's Inn Fields . Its slope or angle was 51 ° 50 ' . It has been , however , much spoiled and stripped of its ...
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... inch x 34 feet 3 inches , and 19 feet 1 inch high . To diminish , however , the pressure of the superincum- bent masonry on the flat roof , five small chambers were made vertically in succession above the roof , the last one pointed ...
... inch x 34 feet 3 inches , and 19 feet 1 inch high . To diminish , however , the pressure of the superincum- bent masonry on the flat roof , five small chambers were made vertically in succession above the roof , the last one pointed ...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 8 Affichage du livre entier - 1868 |
Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 8 Affichage du livre entier - 1896 |
Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People ... Affichage du livre entier - 1874 |
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