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POTI , a seaport of See also:Russian See also:Transcaucasia, in the See also:government of See also:Kutais, at the mouth of the Rion on the See also:coast of the See also:Black See also:Sea, 193 M. by See also:rail W.N.W. of See also:Tiflis and 35 M. by sea N. of See also:Batum. Pop. (1882), 3112; (1897), 7666. The 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 walls of the fortress contrast with the See also:green trees which surround them, and the lighthouse, 117 ft. high, is visible 17 M. Situated in a marshy See also:delta not more than 22 ft. above the level of the See also:river, Poti is extremely unhealthy, See also:fever and See also:ague prevailing in summer and autumn. The Russians have improved the See also:town and See also:port, but the latter is still exposed to See also:west and See also:south-west See also:gales. A new entrance was constructed in 1905, and a new inner See also:harbour was 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 under construction. The See also:shipping See also:trade amounts to £500,000 to £600,000 a See also:year, almost entirely See also:manganese ore, with some See also:maize.
Poti represents the See also:ancient Phasis, a commercial See also:colony of the See also:Greek See also:city of See also:Miletus. The See also:present fortress was built in 1 578 by See also:Sultan See also:Murad III. of See also:Turkey at the time of a See also:war with See also:Persia. In 164o it was destroyed by the Imeretians (Georgians), but it was restored and enlarged. The town was a See also:great slave See also:market. It was captured by the Russians in 1812 and 1829.
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