Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10Oxford University Press, 1950 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... side are the Horse- shoe falls , taking some 95 % of the water deeply entrenched upstream ; while the straighter bank of the American falls occurs on the east side of the gorge a little downstream below Goat island . Part of the water ...
... side are the Horse- shoe falls , taking some 95 % of the water deeply entrenched upstream ; while the straighter bank of the American falls occurs on the east side of the gorge a little downstream below Goat island . Part of the water ...
Page 548
... side and bass drums , triangle , tambourine ) . Kettledrums , however , are susceptible of tuning . The glockenspiel ... side - drum are double - headed ( i.e. have a skin on both sides ) and are tightened by metal or cord braces ...
... side and bass drums , triangle , tambourine ) . Kettledrums , however , are susceptible of tuning . The glockenspiel ... side - drum are double - headed ( i.e. have a skin on both sides ) and are tightened by metal or cord braces ...
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... ( side ) . ' Ap- parently already the plough not only cuts into the soil and bursts it up but also pushes the loosened ... side and C.E. X - 27 * B FIG . 4. - Saxon ploughs : A , 10th - century , with single handle ( from Caedmon's MS ...
... ( side ) . ' Ap- parently already the plough not only cuts into the soil and bursts it up but also pushes the loosened ... side and C.E. X - 27 * B FIG . 4. - Saxon ploughs : A , 10th - century , with single handle ( from Caedmon's MS ...
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