A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 4Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 - Aeronautics |
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... four pieces of cannon . In its vicinity are to be seen the remains of a considerable city , consisting of broken pillars , walls , and cisterns ; here too , the inhabitants show the tombs of what they call the seven sleepers , whom they ...
... four pieces of cannon . In its vicinity are to be seen the remains of a considerable city , consisting of broken pillars , walls , and cisterns ; here too , the inhabitants show the tombs of what they call the seven sleepers , whom they ...
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... four religious communities of Christendom , and he proposed , that four councils should be held in different places , con- sisting of representatives of the Romish , Greek , Lutheran , and Calvinistic churches . This scheme failed ; but ...
... four religious communities of Christendom , and he proposed , that four councils should be held in different places , con- sisting of representatives of the Romish , Greek , Lutheran , and Calvinistic churches . This scheme failed ; but ...
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... four miles north of Calcutta , is celebrated as the place where the Hindoos used formerly to drown them- selves in the holy stream : it is said they are now satisfied with the mere ceremony of immersion . Falásí , or Plassey , is the ...
... four miles north of Calcutta , is celebrated as the place where the Hindoos used formerly to drown them- selves in the holy stream : it is said they are now satisfied with the mere ceremony of immersion . Falásí , or Plassey , is the ...
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... four Hindoos . 15. Twenty - four pergunnahs , a small district , situated on the south side of Calcutta and east of the Hooghly River , comprehend a territory of 882 square miles , which , in 1757 , became the zemindary of the Company ...
... four Hindoos . 15. Twenty - four pergunnahs , a small district , situated on the south side of Calcutta and east of the Hooghly River , comprehend a territory of 882 square miles , which , in 1757 , became the zemindary of the Company ...
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... four miles north - east from Minsk . It finally falls into the Dnieper , near the town of Strzesno ; and will be ever memorable for the total defeat of the French on its banks , during their retreat from Moscow in 1812 . BEREZOV , a ...
... four miles north - east from Minsk . It finally falls into the Dnieper , near the town of Strzesno ; and will be ever memorable for the total defeat of the French on its banks , during their retreat from Moscow in 1812 . BEREZOV , a ...
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