The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 84A. Constable, 1846 |
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... miles ) might be accomplished in four - and - twenty hours . Leibnitz in his defence affirms that this is too extravagant a charge to be believed ! M. Jaucourt says , ' that Leibnitz was not altogether a fool ! ' spirit was truly ...
... miles ) might be accomplished in four - and - twenty hours . Leibnitz in his defence affirms that this is too extravagant a charge to be believed ! M. Jaucourt says , ' that Leibnitz was not altogether a fool ! ' spirit was truly ...
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... of distance . The Roman mile was employed by the Arabian geographers , and is still in use among the people . But its real length is extremely 10 uncertain ; for the universal definition given of a 50 July , The Sahara and its Tribes .
... of distance . The Roman mile was employed by the Arabian geographers , and is still in use among the people . But its real length is extremely 10 uncertain ; for the universal definition given of a 50 July , The Sahara and its Tribes .
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Or Critical Journal. 10 uncertain ; for the universal definition given of a mile by the Arabs is , the distance at which you ... miles , as the most convenient mode of expressing distances , which are still unavoidably inaccurate . The ...
Or Critical Journal. 10 uncertain ; for the universal definition given of a mile by the Arabs is , the distance at which you ... miles , as the most convenient mode of expressing distances , which are still unavoidably inaccurate . The ...
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... miles , in the provinces of Oran and Titteri , to one hundred and twenty , in the eastern province of Constantine . It is subdivided by the spurs of the great chain of the Atlas ( applying that name collectively ) into fertile basins of ...
... miles , in the provinces of Oran and Titteri , to one hundred and twenty , in the eastern province of Constantine . It is subdivided by the spurs of the great chain of the Atlas ( applying that name collectively ) into fertile basins of ...
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... : the former counts distances by the vague admeasurement of a day's journey ; the latter has preserved the Roman mile . The inhabitant of the Tell shears his flocks , and carries the wool 1846 . 59 The Sahara and its Tribes .
... : the former counts distances by the vague admeasurement of a day's journey ; the latter has preserved the Roman mile . The inhabitant of the Tell shears his flocks , and carries the wool 1846 . 59 The Sahara and its Tribes .
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