MARAGHA , a See also:town of See also:Persia in the See also:province of See also:Azerbaijan, on the Safi See also:River, in 370 23' N., 46° 16' E., 8o m. from See also:Tabriz. Pop. about 16,000. It is pleasantly situated in a narrow valley See also:running nearly See also:north and See also:south at the eastern extremity of a well-cultivated See also:plain opening towards See also:Lake See also:Urmia, which lies 18 m. to the See also:west. The town is encompassed by a high See also:wall ruined in many places, and has four See also:gates. Two See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:bridges in See also:good See also:condition, said to have been constructed during the reign of Hulaku See also:Khan (1256-1265), and since then several times repaired, See also:lead over the Safi River on the western See also:side of the town. The See also:place is surrounded by extensive vineyards and orchards, all well watered by canals led from the river, and producing See also:great quantities of See also:fruit for exportation to See also:Russia. On a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill west of the town are the remains of a famous See also:observatory (rasad) constructed under the direction of the great astronomer Nasr-uddin of Tus. The hills west of the town consist of See also:horizontal strata of See also:sandstone covered with irregular pieces of See also:basalt and the See also:top of the hill on which the observatory stood was made level by taking away the basalt. The See also:building, which no doubt served as a citadel as well, enclosed a space of 380 yds. by 150, and the See also:foundations of the walls were 41 to 5 ft. in thickness. The See also:marble, which is known throughout Persia as Maragha marble, is a travertine obtained at the See also:village of Dashkesen (See also:Turkish for
" stone-breakers " (about 30 M. north-west from Maragha. It is deposited from See also:water, which bubbles up from a number of springs in the See also:form of horizontal layers, which at first are thin crusts and can easily be broken, but gradually solidify and harden into blocks with a thickness of 7 to 8 in. It is a singularly beautiful substance, being of See also:pink, greenish, or See also:milk-See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:colour, streaked with reddish, See also:copper-coloured See also:veins. An See also:analysis of the marble gave the following result: See also:calcium carbonate, 9o•93; See also:magnesium, •75; See also:iron, 1.37; See also:manganese, 4.34; calcium sulphate, 2.3o; calcium phosphate, •24 (R. T. See also:Gunther, Geog. Journ. xiv. 517).
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