The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work, Volume 7Americana Corporation, 1960 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 113
... four major periods of glaciation : ( 1 ) Günz ( Nebraskan or Jerseyan ) , 520,000 to 490,000 years ago ; ( 2 ) Mindel ( Kansan ) , 430,000 to 370,000 years ago ; ( 3 ) Riss ( Illinoian ) , 130,000 to 100,000 years ago ; and ( 4 ) Würm ...
... four major periods of glaciation : ( 1 ) Günz ( Nebraskan or Jerseyan ) , 520,000 to 490,000 years ago ; ( 2 ) Mindel ( Kansan ) , 430,000 to 370,000 years ago ; ( 3 ) Riss ( Illinoian ) , 130,000 to 100,000 years ago ; and ( 4 ) Würm ...
Page 142
... four , and all other carriages it came near on the road . " A contemporary account states that this coach had two large wheels , nine and one - half feet in diameter . Hackney coaches ( q.v. ) were first used in London in 1625. They ...
... four , and all other carriages it came near on the road . " A contemporary account states that this coach had two large wheels , nine and one - half feet in diameter . Hackney coaches ( q.v. ) were first used in London in 1625. They ...
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... four churches , grade and high schools , a library , and a hospital . Pop . ( 1951 ) 3,974 . COPPER PYRITE . See CHALCOPYRITE . COPPER RIVER , Alaska , in the southern part of the territory . It rises in the Wrangell Mountains and flows ...
... four churches , grade and high schools , a library , and a hospital . Pop . ( 1951 ) 3,974 . COPPER PYRITE . See CHALCOPYRITE . COPPER RIVER , Alaska , in the southern part of the territory . It rises in the Wrangell Mountains and flows ...
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