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" It is an irregular oval, about seven inches in diameter, with an undulated surface, composed of about a dozen smaller stones of different sizes and shapes, well joined together with a small quantity of cement, and perfectly... "
Travels in Arabia: Comprehending an Account of Those Territories in Hedjaz ... - Page 211
by John Lewis Burckhardt - 1829 - 478 pages
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The Lady's Magazine: Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ...

Great Britain - 1829 - 696 pages
...it now stands, in the year 1627. The famous ' black stone' forms a part of the sharp angle of this building, at four or five feet above the ground. It...stones of different sizes and shapes, well joined with a small quantity of cement, andperfectly smoothed: it looks as if the whole had been broken into...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

Arminianism - 1857 - 1196 pages
...feet above the ground. It is an irregular oval, above seven inches in diameter, with an undulating surface, composed of about a dozen smaller stones...together with a small quantity of cement, and perfectly well smoothed : it looks as if the whole had been broken into many pieces by a violent blow, and then...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1829 - 682 pages
...Gabriel, * is at the north-east corner of the Kaaba, near the door. > ' It forms,' says Mr. Burckhardt,' a part of the sharp angle of the building, at four...stones of different sizes and shapes, well joined • « «« Nous crayons que cette pierre miraculeuse est une jacinthe transparante transports du ciel...
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History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern:: Containing a Description ..., Volume 2

Andrew Crichton - Arabian Peninsula - 1833 - 476 pages
...breadth below, where it is studded with nails of the same metal. Thesurface is undulated, and seems composed of .about a dozen smaller stones of different sizes and shapes, but perfectly smooth, and well joined with a small quantity of cement. It looks as if the whole had...
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The Supplement to the Penny Cyclopędia of the Society for the ..., Volume 2

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1846 - 732 pages
...feet above the ground. It is an irregular oval, about seven inches in diameter, with an undulating surface, composed of about a dozen smaller stones...a small quantity of cement and perfectly smoothed. Every pilgrim kisses this utonc. As its surface has been much worn by the kisses and louches of die...
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The penny cyclopędia [ed. by G. Long].

Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1846 - 726 pages
...diameter", -with an undulating surface, composed of about a dozen smaller stones of different sizes nnd shapes, well joined together with a small quantity of cement and perfectly smoothed. Every pilgrim kisses this stone. As its surface has been much worn by the kisses and touches of the...
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 2

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1851 - 738 pages
...feet above the ground. It is an irregular oval, about seven im-bo« in diameter, with an undulating surface, composed of about a dozen smaller stones...a small quantity of cement and perfectly smoothed. Every pilgrim kisses this stone. As its surface has been much worn by the kisses and touches of the...
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Madinah and Meccah

Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1856 - 514 pages
...feet above the ground.f It is an irregular oval, about seven inches in diameter, with an undulating surface, composed of about a dozen, smaller stones...together with a small quantity of cement, and perfectly well smoothed : it looks as if the whole had been broken into many pieces by a violent blow, and then...
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The Dublin Review, Volume 41

Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1856 - 570 pages
...feet above the ground. It is .an irregular oval, about seven inches in diameter, with an undulating surface, composed of about a dozen smaller stones...shapes, well joined together with a small quantity of cemeut, and perfectly well smoothed: it looks as if the whole had been broken into many pieces by a...
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THE NEW AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA

1861 - 828 pages
...feet 9 inches from the ground, and is an irregular oval about 7 inches in diameter, with an undulating surface, composed of about a dozen smaller stones...together with a small quantity of cement, and perfectly well smoothed. It looks as if the whole had been broken into many pieces by a violent blow and then...
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