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Page 1111
... Asia and the E. India islands , a distance of 12,000 m . , and from Bering Strait to the Antarctic Continent . Its area is ab . 67,500,000 sq . m . , its mean depth ab . 2,500 fathoms , and maximum depth 5,000 fathoms . It contains vast ...
... Asia and the E. India islands , a distance of 12,000 m . , and from Bering Strait to the Antarctic Continent . Its area is ab . 67,500,000 sq . m . , its mean depth ab . 2,500 fathoms , and maximum depth 5,000 fathoms . It contains vast ...
Page 1112
... Asia it is frequently in Pagoda at Tanjore , India . Japan , where it has become an adjunct to certain native super stitions connected with geomancy . The pagoda at Tanjore i 182 ft . high . Pahlavi , or PEHLEVI . Dialect of the Iranian ...
... Asia it is frequently in Pagoda at Tanjore , India . Japan , where it has become an adjunct to certain native super stitions connected with geomancy . The pagoda at Tanjore i 182 ft . high . Pahlavi , or PEHLEVI . Dialect of the Iranian ...
Page 1116
... Asia 1768-74 under Russian auspices . Reise , 1771- 76 ; Flora Rossica , 1784-88 ; Southern Provinces , tr . 1812. He lived in the Crimea from 1796 . Pallasite . Meteorite consisting largely of iron , but also containing interspersed ...
... Asia 1768-74 under Russian auspices . Reise , 1771- 76 ; Flora Rossica , 1784-88 ; Southern Provinces , tr . 1812. He lived in the Crimea from 1796 . Pallasite . Meteorite consisting largely of iron , but also containing interspersed ...
Page 1118
... Asia , ab . 13,000 ft . above sea . the south is the range of the Hindu Kush , and from it radiate the Karakorum and the Thian Shan . It is a desert region , sparsely populated , and controlled by Russia . The mountain ranges rise 4,000 ...
... Asia , ab . 13,000 ft . above sea . the south is the range of the Hindu Kush , and from it radiate the Karakorum and the Thian Shan . It is a desert region , sparsely populated , and controlled by Russia . The mountain ranges rise 4,000 ...
Page 1119
... Asia , Africa , Oceanica , the Indian Archipelago and Australia . Pandean Pipe , or PAN PIPES . Survival of the Greek syrinx , and possibly of the Hebrew organ ; series of tubes of various lengths , closed at the bottom and open at the ...
... Asia , Africa , Oceanica , the Indian Archipelago and Australia . Pandean Pipe , or PAN PIPES . Survival of the Greek syrinx , and possibly of the Hebrew organ ; series of tubes of various lengths , closed at the bottom and open at the ...
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