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... 1893 , having nearly three inches of rain . The total of nine months , however , corresponds very closely , 1893 having had a mean excess over 1880-9 of +5.22 and 1868 of + 5 · 14 . " These admirable tables are very valuable , but what , 5.
... 1893 , having nearly three inches of rain . The total of nine months , however , corresponds very closely , 1893 having had a mean excess over 1880-9 of +5.22 and 1868 of + 5 · 14 . " These admirable tables are very valuable , but what , 5.
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... inches , or 4,930 tons to the acre . This in Herefordshire alone , with an area of 550,400 acres , means a deficiency of 2,713 million tons , or 608 thousand million gallons . This would need a train one and a half million miles long ...
... inches , or 4,930 tons to the acre . This in Herefordshire alone , with an area of 550,400 acres , means a deficiency of 2,713 million tons , or 608 thousand million gallons . This would need a train one and a half million miles long ...
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... inches in diameter sustained injury , and the central districts were less affected than suburban localities . We deduce the lesson that bursts were less due to the depths of the mains than to arrested circulation of the water , where ...
... inches in diameter sustained injury , and the central districts were less affected than suburban localities . We deduce the lesson that bursts were less due to the depths of the mains than to arrested circulation of the water , where ...
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... inches . A practical remark may be added to Mr. Moore's very interesting account of the Rhayader excursion . When the Birmingham water scheme was contem- plated it was feared that the supply of water to the city of Hereford would be ...
... inches . A practical remark may be added to Mr. Moore's very interesting account of the Rhayader excursion . When the Birmingham water scheme was contem- plated it was feared that the supply of water to the city of Hereford would be ...
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... inches annually compared with 46 inches at Loch Laggan , twenty miles east of Ben Nevis , and with 86 inches at Fort William , the south - western end of the Canal . At the conclusion of the lecture a visit was paid to the Shrewsbury ...
... inches annually compared with 46 inches at Loch Laggan , twenty miles east of Ben Nevis , and with 86 inches at Fort William , the south - western end of the Canal . At the conclusion of the lecture a visit was paid to the Shrewsbury ...
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Page 21 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
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Page 3 - Length of Cranium. — Measured with callipers from the most prominent part of the projection between the eyebrows (glabella) to the most distant point at the back of the head in the middle line. Care should be taken to keep the end of the callipers steady on the glabella by holding it there with the fingers, while the other extremity is searching for the maximum projection of the head behind. Breadth of Cranium. — The maximum breadth of head, which is usually about the level of the top of the...
Page 218 - Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
Page 71 - King William II., surnamed Rufus, being slain, as before related, was laid in a cart belonging to one Purkess, and drawn from hence to Winchester, and buried in the cathedral church of that city.
Page 8 - Conference may also discuss propositions bearing on the promotion of more systematic observation and plans of operation, and of greater uniformity in the mode of publishing results. Local Committees. Local Committees shall be formed by the Officers of the Association to assist in making arrangements for the Meetings. Local Committees shall have the power of adding to their numbers those Members of the Association whose assistance they may desire.
Page 194 - HEREFORDIENSIS: containing coloured Engravings of the Old Cider and Perry Fruits of HEREFORDSHIRE ; with such new Fruits as have been found to possess superior Excellence, accompanied with a descriptive Account of each Variety.
Page 34 - A land of old upheaven from the abyss By fire, to sink into the abyss again; Where fragments of forgotten peoples dwelt, And the long mountains ended in a coast Of ever shifting sand, and far away The phantom circle of a moaning sea.
Page 137 - It was the English," Kaspar cried, " That put the French to rout ; But what they killed each other for, I could not well make out.
Page 17 - Other works remain to be searched ; and it is probable that a good deal more may be found already in print, if some who are interested in the antiquities of the country will undertake the not very arduous, but very necessary, labour of collection. When all is gathered, however, it will only be a small part of what must have existed at no distant date — if not of what still exists, awaiting diligent inquiry among living men and women. How to set about the inquiry is a question that must be left...