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See also:SEOUL (Han-yang) , the See also:capital of See also:Korea (Chosen), situated in 370 34' N. and 1270 6' E., at an See also:altitude of 120 ft., 25 M. from Chemulpo, its seaport, and 4 from See also:Mapu, its See also:river-See also:port. Pop. about 200,000. It lies in a See also:basin among See also:granite hills, nowhere exceeding 2627 ft., remarkable for their denudation and their abrupt See also:black crags and pinnacles. A well-built, crenelated 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:wall from 20 to 30 ft. high, about 11 m. in See also:circuit, and pierced by 8 gateways with See also:double-roofed See also:gate towers, surrounds it. The native houses are built of stone or mud, deeply eaved, and either tiled or thatched. Above these rise the towers of the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral, the high curved See also:roofs of the royal See also:audience halls, the See also:palace gateways, and the showy buildings of the See also:Russian and See also:French legations. The antiquities are the See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
Bell See also:Tower, with a huge See also:bronze bell dated 1468, a See also:marble See also:pagoda elaborately carved, but not of Korean workmanship, seven centuries old, and a " Turtle-Stone " of about the same date.
Tenets.
Seoul has some wide streets of shops, hundreds of narrow alleys, and is very fairly clean. It has an electric See also:tramway 4 M. See also:long, and is the centre of the railway See also:system of the See also:country.
End of Article: SEOUL (Han-yang)
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