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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... miles , in 24 hours . In May , the same year , he descended the Danube from Linz to Budapest , 460 miles , in six days . Later he went from Oil City , Pa . , to the Gulf of Mexico , 2,342 miles , in 80 days , being exposed at first to ...
... miles , in 24 hours . In May , the same year , he descended the Danube from Linz to Budapest , 460 miles , in six days . Later he went from Oil City , Pa . , to the Gulf of Mexico , 2,342 miles , in 80 days , being exposed at first to ...
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... miles from Copen- hagen , as the site for an observatory , the king also offering to defray the cost of erection , and of the necessary astronomical instruments , as well as to provide him with a suitable salary . Brahe accepted the ...
... miles from Copen- hagen , as the site for an observatory , the king also offering to defray the cost of erection , and of the necessary astronomical instruments , as well as to provide him with a suitable salary . Brahe accepted the ...
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... miles from the sea , its total length being , per- haps , 1,800 miles . Through the last 60 miles of its course it is from 4 to 5 miles wide , and studded with islands . Its waters are thick and dirty ; its banks are mostly covered with ...
... miles from the sea , its total length being , per- haps , 1,800 miles . Through the last 60 miles of its course it is from 4 to 5 miles wide , and studded with islands . Its waters are thick and dirty ; its banks are mostly covered with ...
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... miles in length , but 250 miles from its confluence with the Rio Negro navigation is blocked by falls . Brand , Sir Jan Hendrik , Boer statesman : b . Cape Town , 6 Dec. 1823 ; d . 15 July 1888. He studied law in Leyden and in 1849 ...
... miles in length , but 250 miles from its confluence with the Rio Negro navigation is blocked by falls . Brand , Sir Jan Hendrik , Boer statesman : b . Cape Town , 6 Dec. 1823 ; d . 15 July 1888. He studied law in Leyden and in 1849 ...
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... miles ) , and breadth ( 4,000 miles ) , both immigration and new industrial enterprises . The central fact concerning the vast Amazon region , stretching across the con- tinent from a few degrees north to about 16 ° south of the equator ...
... miles ) , and breadth ( 4,000 miles ) , both immigration and new industrial enterprises . The central fact concerning the vast Amazon region , stretching across the con- tinent from a few degrees north to about 16 ° south of the equator ...
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