Russia in Central Asia in 1889 & the Anglo-Russian QuestionLongmans, 1889 - 477 Seiten |
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... feet long , and are laid upon wooden sleepers , at the rate of 2,000 sleepers for every mile , being simply spiked down , after the universal Russian fashion , without chairs or bolts . Every single piece of timber , iron , or steel ...
... feet long , and are laid upon wooden sleepers , at the rate of 2,000 sleepers for every mile , being simply spiked down , after the universal Russian fashion , without chairs or bolts . Every single piece of timber , iron , or steel ...
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... feet , and from the Caspian to China . Growing to a height of sometimes twelve or fifteen feet , and with a thickness near the root of half a foot or more , it is used by man for fuel , and by camels for food , the former burning the ...
... feet , and from the Caspian to China . Growing to a height of sometimes twelve or fifteen feet , and with a thickness near the root of half a foot or more , it is used by man for fuel , and by camels for food , the former burning the ...
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... Ada is , however , though prefer- able to Michaelovsk , a very unsatisfactory anchorage ; for it contains only from 10 to 12 feet of water , and is Start from Uzun Ada constantly silting up , the channel 64 RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA.
... Ada is , however , though prefer- able to Michaelovsk , a very unsatisfactory anchorage ; for it contains only from 10 to 12 feet of water , and is Start from Uzun Ada constantly silting up , the channel 64 RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA.
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... feet high , with steep sides , and a circumference at the base of 200 or 300 yards . Ever and anon a solitary sand - column , raised by a passing puff of air , starts up , and giddily revolving on its fragile axis whirls away over the ...
... feet high , with steep sides , and a circumference at the base of 200 or 300 yards . Ever and anon a solitary sand - column , raised by a passing puff of air , starts up , and giddily revolving on its fragile axis whirls away over the ...
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... feet ; and many human lives are lost in the storms . The past winter ( 1888-9 ) , for instance , has been one of uncommon severity : the thermometer registered 20 degrees ( Réaumur ) of frost ; water was sold along the railway at 2s . a ...
... feet ; and many human lives are lost in the storms . The past winter ( 1888-9 ) , for instance , has been one of uncommon severity : the thermometer registered 20 degrees ( Réaumur ) of frost ; water was sold along the railway at 2s . a ...
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