Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Zväzok 2,Časť 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Strana 1
... house ; which has a fine tower , with a clock , raised upon an arch , which ferves for a paffage into the great fquare . There are two large bridges , which keep up a communication between the two parts of the city ; and in the lesser ...
... house ; which has a fine tower , with a clock , raised upon an arch , which ferves for a paffage into the great fquare . There are two large bridges , which keep up a communication between the two parts of the city ; and in the lesser ...
Strana 3
... house are to be seen two vaft cromlechs . The upper ftone of one is 12 feet 7 in- ches long , 12 broad , and four thick , fupported by five tall ftones . The other is but barely feparated from the first is almoft a fquare , of five feet ...
... house are to be seen two vaft cromlechs . The upper ftone of one is 12 feet 7 in- ches long , 12 broad , and four thick , fupported by five tall ftones . The other is but barely feparated from the first is almoft a fquare , of five feet ...
Strana 4
... house , married Co- ning by Williams , Efq ; of Glan y gors , in this ifland , who poffeffed it during his life . It was afterwards fold to Lord Bulkeley , in whofe defcendant it ftill conti- nues . In the church of Penmynydd is a moft ...
... house , married Co- ning by Williams , Efq ; of Glan y gors , in this ifland , who poffeffed it during his life . It was afterwards fold to Lord Bulkeley , in whofe defcendant it ftill conti- nues . In the church of Penmynydd is a moft ...
Strana 5
... houses , where it is melted into what is called in the fhops ftone brim ftone . " The beds of copper , thus piled for burning , are of vaft extent . Some contain 400 tons of ore , others Anglesey . 2000. The first require four months to ...
... houses , where it is melted into what is called in the fhops ftone brim ftone . " The beds of copper , thus piled for burning , are of vaft extent . Some contain 400 tons of ore , others Anglesey . 2000. The first require four months to ...
Strana 17
... houses are now made of clay , which is fometimes intermixed with fine pieces of marble . The walls of the city are low , with very mean battlements . The mafonry of the walls is intermixed with pillars , architraves , capitals , and ...
... houses are now made of clay , which is fometimes intermixed with fine pieces of marble . The walls of the city are low , with very mean battlements . The mafonry of the walls is intermixed with pillars , architraves , capitals , and ...
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