Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club1898 |
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... four miles , they reached the place where the village for the accommodation of all workmen connected with the Birmingham Water Supply , from the rivers Elan and Claerwen , has been recently built , and was being extended to accommodate ...
... four miles , they reached the place where the village for the accommodation of all workmen connected with the Birmingham Water Supply , from the rivers Elan and Claerwen , has been recently built , and was being extended to accommodate ...
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... four miles from Shrewsbury the river Severn is crossed by a bridge of seven arches close to which is situated the ivy mantled Church Tower of Atcham . Here a halt was made in accordance with the programme for the day , and the Vicar ...
... four miles from Shrewsbury the river Severn is crossed by a bridge of seven arches close to which is situated the ivy mantled Church Tower of Atcham . Here a halt was made in accordance with the programme for the day , and the Vicar ...
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... four have been excavated , and fortunately these have revealed to us much connected with the interior domestic arrangements and articles pertaining to the Roman rulers . From a diagram Mr. Phillips showed the contour of the city , the ...
... four have been excavated , and fortunately these have revealed to us much connected with the interior domestic arrangements and articles pertaining to the Roman rulers . From a diagram Mr. Phillips showed the contour of the city , the ...
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... four thousand pins in following the various contours . The heads of the pins were cut off to the altitudes required , and the model was gradually built up of clay . Towering above the dominant hills stands the monarch Ben Nevis - these ...
... four thousand pins in following the various contours . The heads of the pins were cut off to the altitudes required , and the model was gradually built up of clay . Towering above the dominant hills stands the monarch Ben Nevis - these ...
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... four of these terraces . That in Glen Gluoy is of comparatively small size , and is the highest of them . The other three terraces form very striking features in the Valley of Glen Roy ; the lowest , which was also the last formed ...
... four of these terraces . That in Glen Gluoy is of comparatively small size , and is the highest of them . The other three terraces form very striking features in the Valley of Glen Roy ; the lowest , which was also the last formed ...
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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.
Page 194 - A Treatise on the Culture of the Apple and Pear, and on the Manufacture of Cider and Perry...
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...