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... rises 4374 feet above the level of the sea , being the highest mountain in Great Britain . It is easily ascended on the western side ; and at about the height of 1500 feet the prospect , till then confined , opens to the south - west ...
... rises 4374 feet above the level of the sea , being the highest mountain in Great Britain . It is easily ascended on the western side ; and at about the height of 1500 feet the prospect , till then confined , opens to the south - west ...
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... rises in vapour of a violet colour , and hence its name from the Greek . On cooling , it again crystallizes unchanged , nor is it decomposed or altered by being subjected to very high temperatures , and it has resisted all attempts to ...
... rises in vapour of a violet colour , and hence its name from the Greek . On cooling , it again crystallizes unchanged , nor is it decomposed or altered by being subjected to very high temperatures , and it has resisted all attempts to ...
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... rises and condenses on the sides of the tube is to be returned to the acid either by a glass tube or by agitation ... rise to hydrochloric and iodic acids . The opinions of chemists with respect to these compounds are yet somewhat at ...
... rises and condenses on the sides of the tube is to be returned to the acid either by a glass tube or by agitation ... rise to hydrochloric and iodic acids . The opinions of chemists with respect to these compounds are yet somewhat at ...
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... rises from springs in certain lands which the corporation hold under long leases , and it is conveyed into the town by pipes laid down at their expense . The water rental , which forms a considerable part of the revenue of the ...
... rises from springs in certain lands which the corporation hold under long leases , and it is conveyed into the town by pipes laid down at their expense . The water rental , which forms a considerable part of the revenue of the ...
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... rises in mountains from 1500 to 2500 feet high . This district is succeeded on the east by the great trap - field of Antrim , which overlies it through an extent of nearly 800 square miles : the cap of trap is supported throughout by a ...
... rises in mountains from 1500 to 2500 feet high . This district is succeeded on the east by the great trap - field of Antrim , which overlies it through an extent of nearly 800 square miles : the cap of trap is supported throughout by a ...
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