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... miles ; its greatest breadth about 40 ; its extent of sea - coast about 60. It is the fifth in size of the Scottish counties . Estimated area , 1970 square miles ; pop . in 1881 , 267,990 . It is still described under the five ancient ...
... miles ; its greatest breadth about 40 ; its extent of sea - coast about 60. It is the fifth in size of the Scottish counties . Estimated area , 1970 square miles ; pop . in 1881 , 267,990 . It is still described under the five ancient ...
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... miles , at the points at which they begin and cease to be visible . Their velocities vary from 18 to 36 miles in a second . When it is remembered that the velocity of Mercury in its orbit is 26.4 miles in a second , of Venus 19-2 , and ...
... miles , at the points at which they begin and cease to be visible . Their velocities vary from 18 to 36 miles in a second . When it is remembered that the velocity of Mercury in its orbit is 26.4 miles in a second , of Venus 19-2 , and ...
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... miles , succeeded in crossing the continent to Loando on the W. coast in the Portuguese province of An- gola ... miles ; its greatest breadth from east to west , 4615 ; and its area , including the adjacent islands , not less than ...
... miles , succeeded in crossing the continent to Loando on the W. coast in the Portuguese province of An- gola ... miles ; its greatest breadth from east to west , 4615 ; and its area , including the adjacent islands , not less than ...
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... miles . Its length from the Atlantic to the western edge of the valley of the Nile is 2000. Over a great part of ... miles ; and its navigability has been ascertained for a distance of upwards of 400 miles ; but its banks are very ...
... miles . Its length from the Atlantic to the western edge of the valley of the Nile is 2000. Over a great part of ... miles ; and its navigability has been ascertained for a distance of upwards of 400 miles ; but its banks are very ...
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... miles long , and 30 broad , and lies 6000 feet above the sea - level . Lake N'gami , in Southern A. , the centre of the internal drainage of the country between the Orange and the Zambesi , is about 2500 feet above the sea - level , 70 ...
... miles long , and 30 broad , and lies 6000 feet above the sea - level . Lake N'gami , in Southern A. , the centre of the internal drainage of the country between the Orange and the Zambesi , is about 2500 feet above the sea - level , 70 ...
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