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GLENTILT , a glen in the extreme See also: north of See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland. Beginning at the confines of See also:Aberdeenshire, it follows a north-See also:westerly direction excepting for the last 4 m., when it runs due S. to See also:Blair See also:Atholl. It is watered throughout by the Tilt, which enters the Garry after a course of 14 m., and receives on its right the Tarff, which forms some beautiful falls just above the confluence, and on the See also:left the See also:Fender, which has some See also:fine falls also. The See also:attempt of the 6th See also:duke of Atholl (1814-1864) to See also:close the glen to the public was successfully contested by the Scottish Rights of Way Society. The See also:group of mountains—Carn nan Gabhar (3505 ft.), See also:Ben y Gloe (3671) and Carn Liath (3193)—06 its left See also:side dominate the See also:lower See also:half of the glen. See also:Marble of See also:good quality is occasionally quarried in the glen, and the See also:rock formation has attracted the See also:attention of geologists from the 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 of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Hutton.
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