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... quantity of the famous Egyptian papyrus ; fifteen intaglios ; five hundred medals , most of them easier to be read than that which has the inscription FAMION : a marble vase from Athens , and a very long inscription as yet undecyphered ...
... quantity of the famous Egyptian papyrus ; fifteen intaglios ; five hundred medals , most of them easier to be read than that which has the inscription FAMION : a marble vase from Athens , and a very long inscription as yet undecyphered ...
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... quantities brought in , so that we collected about fifty , some of which were of value .'- The air on this island is esteemed very whole- some , a proof of which we were eye - witnesses of in two old men , the one , who had passed his ...
... quantities brought in , so that we collected about fifty , some of which were of value .'- The air on this island is esteemed very whole- some , a proof of which we were eye - witnesses of in two old men , the one , who had passed his ...
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... quantity . ' Sailing by Samos and Patmos , they anchored at Stanchio ; an island which rivals , if not surpasses , the island of Scio in beauty and fertility . ' Among the curiosities of Stanchio , is noticed a sycamore tree : It ...
... quantity . ' Sailing by Samos and Patmos , they anchored at Stanchio ; an island which rivals , if not surpasses , the island of Scio in beauty and fertility . ' Among the curiosities of Stanchio , is noticed a sycamore tree : It ...
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... quantities will be less , nearly in the ratio of their specific gravities ; which deficiency in tonnage may , in some instances , be compensated by reduction of toll . This width of boat is , however , what cannot be recommended for ...
... quantities will be less , nearly in the ratio of their specific gravities ; which deficiency in tonnage may , in some instances , be compensated by reduction of toll . This width of boat is , however , what cannot be recommended for ...
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... quantity of light , articles that can be carried by boats of different widths , but of similar form and length , will be as the squares of their widths ; therefore , a boat of four feet width , in place of carrying half as much as a ...
... quantity of light , articles that can be carried by boats of different widths , but of similar form and length , will be as the squares of their widths ; therefore , a boat of four feet width , in place of carrying half as much as a ...
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