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, Том 19Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... Russia , in the government of Jaroslav , on the lake Nero . It is divided into the town and suburb , and is above five miles in circumference . It contains an an- cient cathedral , an archiepiscopal palace , a semi- nary , and five ...
... Russia , in the government of Jaroslav , on the lake Nero . It is divided into the town and suburb , and is above five miles in circumference . It contains an an- cient cathedral , an archiepiscopal palace , a semi- nary , and five ...
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... Russia . Accord- ing to Pliny , the ancients found considerable difficulty in engraving on this stone : many mo- dern artists have essayed upon it , and among them one of the most successful is a German named Hæfler . RUD , v . a . Sax ...
... Russia . Accord- ing to Pliny , the ancients found considerable difficulty in engraving on this stone : many mo- dern artists have essayed upon it , and among them one of the most successful is a German named Hæfler . RUD , v . a . Sax ...
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... Russia . In Britain it is now very little grown : being no longer a bread corn , and therefore of less value to the farmer than barley , oats , or pease . The varieties are not above two , winter and spring rye ; but there is so little ...
... Russia . In Britain it is now very little grown : being no longer a bread corn , and therefore of less value to the farmer than barley , oats , or pease . The varieties are not above two , winter and spring rye ; but there is so little ...
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... Russia , not only oats , but barley and rye are kiln - dried in the straw . The produce of oats is generally consi- dered greater and of better quality in the northern than in the southern counties ; and the reasons are obviously that ...
... Russia , not only oats , but barley and rye are kiln - dried in the straw . The produce of oats is generally consi- dered greater and of better quality in the northern than in the southern counties ; and the reasons are obviously that ...
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... Russia , its general success has been at- tended with various particular instances of failure , a remarkable one of which is given by lord Somer- ville , in his Facts , in respect to the Bampton or Western long - woolled sheep . The ...
... Russia , its general success has been at- tended with various particular instances of failure , a remarkable one of which is given by lord Somer- ville , in his Facts , in respect to the Bampton or Western long - woolled sheep . The ...
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