5000 Facts and Fancies: A Cyclopaedia of Important, Curious, Quaint, and Unique Information in History, Literature, Science, Art, and Nature ...Gale Research Company, 1966 - 816 Seiten |
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... feet high , and of vast bulk . Ac- cording to some , he was between 7 and 8 feet : according to others , over 8 feet . ( 5 ) Gabara , brought from Arabia in the days of Claudius ( 41-54 A.D. ) , the Roman Emperor . Said by Pliny to have ...
... feet high , and of vast bulk . Ac- cording to some , he was between 7 and 8 feet : according to others , over 8 feet . ( 5 ) Gabara , brought from Arabia in the days of Claudius ( 41-54 A.D. ) , the Roman Emperor . Said by Pliny to have ...
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... feet high , and 25 feet thick at the base . See Luxor , Temple of . " The palace temple at Karnak - perhaps the noblest effort of architectural magnifi- cence ever produced by the hand of man . Its principal dimensions are 1200 feet in ...
... feet high , and 25 feet thick at the base . See Luxor , Temple of . " The palace temple at Karnak - perhaps the noblest effort of architectural magnifi- cence ever produced by the hand of man . Its principal dimensions are 1200 feet in ...
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... feet in width , with a descent of 158 feet , and ( 2 ) the American Fall - 1100 feet in width , with a descent of 164 feet . It is esti- mated that 15,000,000 cubic feet of water pass over these ledges each minute , -nine - tenths of ...
... feet in width , with a descent of 158 feet , and ( 2 ) the American Fall - 1100 feet in width , with a descent of 164 feet . It is esti- mated that 15,000,000 cubic feet of water pass over these ledges each minute , -nine - tenths of ...
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