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BATUM , a seaport of See also:Russian See also:Transcaucasia, in the See also:government of and 90 m. by See also:rail S.W. of the See also:city of See also:Kutais, on the S.E. See also:shore of the See also:Black See also:Sea, in 41° 39' N. and 41° 38' E. Pop. (1875) 2000; (1900) 28,512, very mixed. The See also:bay is being filled up by the See also:sand carried into it by several small See also:rivers. The See also:town is protected by strong forts, and the anchorage has been greatly improved by artificial See also:works. Batum possesses' a See also:cathedral, finished in 1903, and the See also:Alexander See also:Park, with sub-tropical vegetation. The See also:climate is very warm, See also:lemon and See also:orange trees, magnolias and palms growing in the open See also:air; but it is at the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time extremely wet and changeable. The See also:annual rainfall (90 in.) is higher than anywhere in See also:Caucasia, but it is very unequally distributed (23 in. in See also:August and See also:September, sometimes 16 in. in a couple of days), and the See also:place is still most unhealthy. The town is connected by rail with the See also:main Transcaucasian railway to See also:Tiflis, and is the See also:chief See also:port for the export of See also:naphtha and See also:paraffin oil, carried hither in See also:great See also:part through pipes laid down from See also:Baku, but partly also in tank railway-cars; other exports are See also:wheat, See also:manganese, See also:wool, silkworm-cocoons,See also:liquorice, See also:maize and See also:timber (See also:total value of exports nearly 51 millions See also:sterling annually). The imports, chiefly See also:tin plates and machinery, amount to less than See also:half that total. Known as Bathys in antiquity, as Vati in the See also:middle ages, and as Bathumi since the beginning of the 77th See also:century, Batum belonged to the See also:Turks, who strongly fortified it, down to 1878, when it was transferred to See also:Russia. In the See also:winter of 1905—1906 Batum was in the hands of the revolutionists, and • a " reign of terror " lasted for several See also:weeks.
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