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A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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Salonica

GULF OF (ancient Sinus W., Macedonia on the N. W., and Chalcidice on the E. It is formed of two dis- Thermaicus), the extreme N. W. arm of tinct parts, one of which is very wide, and lies S. E. and N. W.; the other, which about 60 miles long. is narrow, lies S. W. and N. E., and is cate mollusca forming the representative example of the family Salpida. These about 60 miles long. is narrow, lies S. W. and N. E., and is animals are found floating in the Mediterranean and the warmer parts of the ocean, and are protected by a tran ranean and the warmer parts of the sage of water at both extremities. They transparent met with in two conditions known as are frequently phosphorescent, and are met with in two conditions known as the body occupy a comparatively small oval or quadrate form, and the organs of is the most familiar species. by a bridge and a causeway.

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