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Scientific American, Vol. 79, No. 13 (1898) (1898)

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ientific American. SEPTEMBER 24, 1898. ] 201 that the waterway from the river Ural to the mouth THE TRANSSIBERIAN RAILROAD. of the Lena, a distance of 6,000 miles, is interrupted by (Continued from first page.) only two short portages. Hence this Asiatic region under the circumstances. Arctic Ocean… … two capitals, saying like not all be done at once. A RAILWAY CUT AMID THE URALS. the autocrat that he was, Nor is it clear to every “ Build it there !” Of course writer where the Trans- it was done, and the example thus set was followed treeless steppes, beyond which is the saline desert for-…

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