Travels in Greece, Palestine, Egypt, and Barbary, During the Years 1806 and 1807, Volume 2Henry Colburn, 1812 - Africa, North |
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Page 279
... ) in breadth . The peninsula was eighteen leagues ( three hundred and sixty stadia ) in circum- ference . On the west side there was a long point of land , about twelve fathoms ( half a stadium EGYPT , AND BARBARY . 279 } ...
... ) in breadth . The peninsula was eighteen leagues ( three hundred and sixty stadia ) in circum- ference . On the west side there was a long point of land , about twelve fathoms ( half a stadium EGYPT , AND BARBARY . 279 } ...
Page 280
... stadium ) in breadth , which , running out into the sea , separated it from the morass , and was encompassed on all sides by rocks and a single wall . On the south side , and next to the main land , the city was de- fended by a triple ...
... stadium ) in breadth , which , running out into the sea , separated it from the morass , and was encompassed on all sides by rocks and a single wall . On the south side , and next to the main land , the city was de- fended by a triple ...
Page 326
... stadium , which there is no difficulty in admitting to be that of the most common , known by the appellation of the Olympic . Its extent is equal to 94 fathoms , two feet , eight inches , being composed of 600 Greek feet , and the Greek ...
... stadium , which there is no difficulty in admitting to be that of the most common , known by the appellation of the Olympic . Its extent is equal to 94 fathoms , two feet , eight inches , being composed of 600 Greek feet , and the Greek ...
Page 327
... stadium , shorter by one - fifth than the Olympic stadium , and of which I have given some account in my little Treatise on Itinerary Measures . The very shortness of this sta- dium seems to render it fitter for spaces comprehended ...
... stadium , shorter by one - fifth than the Olympic stadium , and of which I have given some account in my little Treatise on Itinerary Measures . The very shortness of this sta- dium seems to render it fitter for spaces comprehended ...
Page 328
... stadium in question , by the fol- lowing example : -In his Antiquities , book xx . ch . 6. he says that the Mount of Olives is five stadia from Jerusalem . Now by mea- suring upon M. Deshayes ' plan , which extends to the summit of that ...
... stadium in question , by the fol- lowing example : -In his Antiquities , book xx . ch . 6. he says that the Mount of Olives is five stadia from Jerusalem . Now by mea- suring upon M. Deshayes ' plan , which extends to the summit of that ...
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