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... side , by a line drawn from Berwick to the South Foreland ; and the western side , by another line commencing at Berwick and terminating at the Land's End . The dimensions of the triangle thus formed , are : base , 340 miles ; eastern ...
... side , by a line drawn from Berwick to the South Foreland ; and the western side , by another line commencing at Berwick and terminating at the Land's End . The dimensions of the triangle thus formed , are : base , 340 miles ; eastern ...
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... side of a hill near Luckington in North Wiltshire , may have been habitations , or storehouses of the ancient Britons . As for the Stone Circles , Cromlechs , or altars , Cairns , Kistvaens , Logan , or rocking stones , and Tolmen , or ...
... side of a hill near Luckington in North Wiltshire , may have been habitations , or storehouses of the ancient Britons . As for the Stone Circles , Cromlechs , or altars , Cairns , Kistvaens , Logan , or rocking stones , and Tolmen , or ...
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... side , over which tie the mus- lin , and confine the wool to the circumference of the tin by means of a thread drawn round it . The silk is then put on and pulled in all directions , so as to render the front of the dauber quite smooth ...
... side , over which tie the mus- lin , and confine the wool to the circumference of the tin by means of a thread drawn round it . The silk is then put on and pulled in all directions , so as to render the front of the dauber quite smooth ...
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... side to side ; the the face of the plate , a large surface or shadow can operation is afterwards repeated from end to end , be produced in a very short time . This is , however , and from each corner to the opposite ; but it is neces ...
... side to side ; the the face of the plate , a large surface or shadow can operation is afterwards repeated from end to end , be produced in a very short time . This is , however , and from each corner to the opposite ; but it is neces ...
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... side , and also on the knees and left ancle . They can only be executed , with great labour , by picking out with the graver the interstices between these raised black lines . Crossing with white lines , on the other hand , is very easy ...
... side , and also on the knees and left ancle . They can only be executed , with great labour , by picking out with the graver the interstices between these raised black lines . Crossing with white lines , on the other hand , is very easy ...
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