A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 4Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 - Aeronautics |
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... observed in the periodical winds on the respective shores of the bay . In Bahar and Assam , the most com- mon winds are east and west , also corresponding with the changes of seasons . In the month of April , and in the south - east ...
... observed in the periodical winds on the respective shores of the bay . In Bahar and Assam , the most com- mon winds are east and west , also corresponding with the changes of seasons . In the month of April , and in the south - east ...
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... observed by Europeans with surprise . Every manufacturer , artist and laborer , work- ing on his own account , conducts the whole process of his art himself , from the formation of his tools to the sale of his produce in the mar- ket ...
... observed by Europeans with surprise . Every manufacturer , artist and laborer , work- ing on his own account , conducts the whole process of his art himself , from the formation of his tools to the sale of his produce in the mar- ket ...
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... observed that none but Brahmins and Sudras are of genuine Bengalese origin , and in the latter tribe are in- cluded , not only the true Sudras , but also the several castes whose origin is ascribed to the promiscuous intercourse of the ...
... observed that none but Brahmins and Sudras are of genuine Bengalese origin , and in the latter tribe are in- cluded , not only the true Sudras , but also the several castes whose origin is ascribed to the promiscuous intercourse of the ...
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... observed . The houses , which are generally nothing more than huts with sloping roofs , resembling an inverted boat , are called bangalà ; whence the English bungalow , synonymous in India with the cottage . ' The houses of the rich are ...
... observed . The houses , which are generally nothing more than huts with sloping roofs , resembling an inverted boat , are called bangalà ; whence the English bungalow , synonymous in India with the cottage . ' The houses of the rich are ...
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... observed , that the lands subject to the jamâ were better cultivated than those that were exempted . The total population of the twenty - four pergunnahs , the town of Cal- cutta , which is sometimes included in them , and the adjacent ...
... observed , that the lands subject to the jamâ were better cultivated than those that were exempted . The total population of the twenty - four pergunnahs , the town of Cal- cutta , which is sometimes included in them , and the adjacent ...
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