The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World, Volumen 7Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines Scientific American Compiling Department, 1905 |
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... miles ; area , 1,158 square miles . The surface forms an extensive plain , sloping gently eastward . It wholly be- longs to the basin of the Schelde , which by itself , its tributaries , and canals connected with them , furnishes ample ...
... miles ; area , 1,158 square miles . The surface forms an extensive plain , sloping gently eastward . It wholly be- longs to the basin of the Schelde , which by itself , its tributaries , and canals connected with them , furnishes ample ...
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... miles northwest of Detroit . Flint has a court - house , the State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb , a private retreat for the insane , a high school , waterworks , gas and electric lights , public library , a national bank , and ...
... miles northwest of Detroit . Flint has a court - house , the State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb , a private retreat for the insane , a high school , waterworks , gas and electric lights , public library , a national bank , and ...
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... miles long by 9 miles broad , with a hilly surface , containing an extinct crater now converted into a lake . The chief products are wheat , pulse , and poultry , and great numbers of small cattle are reared . ( 3 ) An island of the ...
... miles long by 9 miles broad , with a hilly surface , containing an extinct crater now converted into a lake . The chief products are wheat , pulse , and poultry , and great numbers of small cattle are reared . ( 3 ) An island of the ...
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... miles from east to west . From north to south the peninsula ex- tension is about 375 miles in length , and nearly 100 miles in width , the total length of the State north and south being about 450 miles . From Biscayne Bay , near its ...
... miles from east to west . From north to south the peninsula ex- tension is about 375 miles in length , and nearly 100 miles in width , the total length of the State north and south being about 450 miles . From Biscayne Bay , near its ...
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... mile . Bells may be heard during fogs at a distance of from 1 to 3 miles . Guns have been heard as far as 10 miles , with a light breeze blowing across the sound . One of the most powerful signals is the siren fog - horn , the sound of ...
... mile . Bells may be heard during fogs at a distance of from 1 to 3 miles . Guns have been heard as far as 10 miles , with a light breeze blowing across the sound . One of the most powerful signals is the siren fog - horn , the sound of ...
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