The Natural History of Selborne ... With Miscellaneous Observations and Explanatory NotesTicknor & Fields, 1866 - 430 Seiten |
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... becomes a branch of the Arun , running to Arundel , and so fall- ing into the British channel ; the other to the north . The Selborne stream makes one branch of the Wey ; and , meeting the Black - down stream at Hedleigh , and the Alton ...
... becomes a branch of the Arun , running to Arundel , and so fall- ing into the British channel ; the other to the north . The Selborne stream makes one branch of the Wey ; and , meeting the Black - down stream at Hedleigh , and the Alton ...
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... becomes a wet , sandy loam , remarkable for its timber , and infamous for roads . The oaks of Temple and Blackmoor stand high in the estimation of pur- veyors , and have furnished much naval timber ; while the trees on the freestone ...
... becomes a wet , sandy loam , remarkable for its timber , and infamous for roads . The oaks of Temple and Blackmoor stand high in the estimation of pur- veyors , and have furnished much naval timber ; while the trees on the freestone ...
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... become more particular . This stone is in great request for hearth- stones , and the beds of ovens : and in lining of lime- kilns it turns to good account ; for the workmen use sandy loam instead of mortar ; the sand of which fluxes ...
... become more particular . This stone is in great request for hearth- stones , and the beds of ovens : and in lining of lime- kilns it turns to good account ; for the workmen use sandy loam instead of mortar ; the sand of which fluxes ...
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... becoming slippery in frost or rain ; is excellent for dry walls , and is sometimes used in buildings . In many parts of that waste it lies scattered on the surface of the ground ; but is dug on Weaver's Down , a vast hill on the eastern ...
... becoming slippery in frost or rain ; is excellent for dry walls , and is sometimes used in buildings . In many parts of that waste it lies scattered on the surface of the ground ; but is dug on Weaver's Down , a vast hill on the eastern ...
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... becomes , and evaporation going on less rapidly in moist than in dry air , in undrained land than in that which is drained , the henomenon here stated naturally resulted . - ED . and therefore rather suppose that they were parts of a 20 ...
... becomes , and evaporation going on less rapidly in moist than in dry air , in undrained land than in that which is drained , the henomenon here stated naturally resulted . - ED . and therefore rather suppose that they were parts of a 20 ...
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