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The population is , according to Olivier , wood for melting copper , with which the
island 60,000 , half Greeks and half Turks ; according abounded ; afterwards ,
when they began to sail to Malte Brun 83,000 . Dr. Clarke says that its without
fear ...
The population is , according to Olivier , wood for melting copper , with which the
island 60,000 , half Greeks and half Turks ; according abounded ; afterwards ,
when they began to sail to Malte Brun 83,000 . Dr. Clarke says that its without
fear ...
Page 239
In June , rain , supposed this to be an island ; a fact which Mr. sleet , and , in
elevated situations , snow , set in , Bass first announced in the close of 1798 ,
after with strong southerly gales ; but , even in winter , tracing 600 miles of the
coasts in ...
In June , rain , supposed this to be an island ; a fact which Mr. sleet , and , in
elevated situations , snow , set in , Bass first announced in the close of 1798 ,
after with strong southerly gales ; but , even in winter , tracing 600 miles of the
coasts in ...
Page 240
The only advantage road from Hobart Town to Port Dalrymple , which the large
island seems to enjoy over this , there is a plain extending , in one direction , for
consists in the fineness of its wool , and the great twenty miles , and clear land is
...
The only advantage road from Hobart Town to Port Dalrymple , which the large
island seems to enjoy over this , there is a plain extending , in one direction , for
consists in the fineness of its wool , and the great twenty miles , and clear land is
...
Page 404
Hudibras . the island . This great navigator himself called it , according to Dr.
Robertson , Espagnola , or I thus conclude my theme , Little Spain ; or at first , as
other writers say , The dominating humour makes the dream . Isabella , in honor
of ...
Hudibras . the island . This great navigator himself called it , according to Dr.
Robertson , Espagnola , or I thus conclude my theme , Little Spain ; or at first , as
other writers say , The dominating humour makes the dream . Isabella , in honor
of ...
Page 654
The island is extremely barren ; and served their passover , and others on the first
Sun- bears evident marks not only of a volcanic origin , day after the first full
moon in the new year . but of having been not very long ago entirely This ...
The island is extremely barren ; and served their passover , and others on the first
Sun- bears evident marks not only of a volcanic origin , day after the first full
moon in the new year . but of having been not very long ago entirely This ...
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| Title | The 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 7 The 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, Thomas Curtis |
| Editor | Thomas Curtis |
| Publisher | T. Tegg, 1829 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Oct 2007 |
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