The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 103A. Constable, 1856 |
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Page 75
... feet ; their banks were green and marshy , and supported 30 or 40 kinds of plants . At the head of the valley , a steep rocky crest 500 feet high rises between two precipitous snowy peaks , and a very fatiguing ascent ( at this ...
... feet ; their banks were green and marshy , and supported 30 or 40 kinds of plants . At the head of the valley , a steep rocky crest 500 feet high rises between two precipitous snowy peaks , and a very fatiguing ascent ( at this ...
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... feet long , 70 feet wide , and deep enough to admit vessels drawing 26 feet of water . The bottom of the canal is to be 130 to 165 feet wide , accord- ing to the nature of the soil . As the mean level of the Nile at Cairo is 60 feet ...
... feet long , 70 feet wide , and deep enough to admit vessels drawing 26 feet of water . The bottom of the canal is to be 130 to 165 feet wide , accord- ing to the nature of the soil . As the mean level of the Nile at Cairo is 60 feet ...
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... feet in length . But this is only the beginning of things ; for no modern discovery in ship - building is so certain as that a vessel's speed is almost in the direct ratio to her length . Thus , if a vessel 200 feet long will go 10 or ...
... feet in length . But this is only the beginning of things ; for no modern discovery in ship - building is so certain as that a vessel's speed is almost in the direct ratio to her length . Thus , if a vessel 200 feet long will go 10 or ...
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