Encyclopaedia Americana. A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography. A New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Lea & Blanchard, 1849 |
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... square miles , and is also called the circle of Neustadt . The chief town is Plauen . It contains some mountainous and woody districts , and in some parts is well adapted for pasturage and tillage . The most remarkable peculiarity is ...
... square miles , and is also called the circle of Neustadt . The chief town is Plauen . It contains some mountainous and woody districts , and in some parts is well adapted for pasturage and tillage . The most remarkable peculiarity is ...
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... square miles round Vesuvius , a greater number of mineral species have been found than in any spot , of the same dimensions , on the surface of the globe . Many of these are peculiar to this locality . A small part of the ejected matter ...
... square miles round Vesuvius , a greater number of mineral species have been found than in any spot , of the same dimensions , on the surface of the globe . Many of these are peculiar to this locality . A small part of the ejected matter ...
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... square miles , 29,300 ; population , about 1,500,000 . While Poland was independent , Volhynia form- ed a province of that kingdom , which bordered with the Ukraine on the south- east . The soil is fertile , producing wheat and rye ...
... square miles , 29,300 ; population , about 1,500,000 . While Poland was independent , Volhynia form- ed a province of that kingdom , which bordered with the Ukraine on the south- east . The soil is fertile , producing wheat and rye ...
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... miles south - west of Florence , with 5000 inhabitants . It is the see of a bish- op , and has a public seminary of ... square , & c . , a call is made for volunteers ; and those who survive receive rewards of money , or medals ...
... miles south - west of Florence , with 5000 inhabitants . It is the see of a bish- op , and has a public seminary of ... square , & c . , a call is made for volunteers ; and those who survive receive rewards of money , or medals ...
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... square miles . The Vorarlberg lordships derive their name from the Arlberg , or Adlersberg ( Eagle mountain ) , which belongs to the Norie Alps , and separates them from the Tyrol . They were annexed to the Tyrol in 1782 , and were ...
... square miles . The Vorarlberg lordships derive their name from the Arlberg , or Adlersberg ( Eagle mountain ) , which belongs to the Norie Alps , and separates them from the Tyrol . They were annexed to the Tyrol in 1782 , and were ...
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