The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World, Volume 3Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines Scientific American Compiling Department, 1903 |
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... south passing into the gentle rising ground which forms the first ascent of the forest of Ardennes . It is copiously watered by the Meuse in the north and the Scheldt in the south , in the former of which the internal transit is fur ...
... south passing into the gentle rising ground which forms the first ascent of the forest of Ardennes . It is copiously watered by the Meuse in the north and the Scheldt in the south , in the former of which the internal transit is fur ...
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... South African College . He early became prominent in public affairs , his sympathies being strongly pro- British . His influence prevented any participa- tion of the Orange Free State in the movement to check British policy in South ...
... South African College . He early became prominent in public affairs , his sympathies being strongly pro- British . His influence prevented any participa- tion of the Orange Free State in the movement to check British policy in South ...
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... South- ampton railways , he contracted , in 1840 , in part- nership with another , to build the railway from Paris to Rouen . In a few years he held under contract , in England and France , some 10 rail ways , involving a capital of ...
... South- ampton railways , he contracted , in 1840 , in part- nership with another , to build the railway from Paris to Rouen . In a few years he held under contract , in England and France , some 10 rail ways , involving a capital of ...
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... South Ameri- can countries except Chile , shares to a greater or less extent the natural resources and physical characteristics of each . But even more than its neighbors it requires , for the development of these resources on an ...
... South Ameri- can countries except Chile , shares to a greater or less extent the natural resources and physical characteristics of each . But even more than its neighbors it requires , for the development of these resources on an ...
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... south of the old breakwater is the new structure now being considered . It consists of a stone break- water 7,261 feet in length , which connects with a timber and concrete structure extending south for another 2,739 feet , with a light ...
... south of the old breakwater is the new structure now being considered . It consists of a stone break- water 7,261 feet in length , which connects with a timber and concrete structure extending south for another 2,739 feet , with a light ...
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