The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... March 1 , 86 B.C. Many of the public buildings ( happily not the most important ) were over- thrown , much of the sacred treasure was rifled by the soldiers , and many works of art , together with the library of Apellicon , containing ...
... March 1 , 86 B.C. Many of the public buildings ( happily not the most important ) were over- thrown , much of the sacred treasure was rifled by the soldiers , and many works of art , together with the library of Apellicon , containing ...
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... march of pressure through the months of the year , curves representing it for the different regions of the earth differ from each other in every con- ceivable way . It is only when the results are set down in their proper places on ...
... march of pressure through the months of the year , curves representing it for the different regions of the earth differ from each other in every con- ceivable way . It is only when the results are set down in their proper places on ...
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... march of temperature ; and similarly a connection with the daily march of the amount of vapour and humidity of the air . The view enter- tained by many of the causes of the daily oscillations may be thus stated : -The forenoon maximum ...
... march of temperature ; and similarly a connection with the daily march of the amount of vapour and humidity of the air . The view enter- tained by many of the causes of the daily oscillations may be thus stated : -The forenoon maximum ...
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... march of the tempera- ture and humidity of the atmosphere is concerned in bringing them about . But from the facts adduced , it is equally certain that , be the originating cause what it may , its effects are enormously modified by the ...
... march of the tempera- ture and humidity of the atmosphere is concerned in bringing them about . But from the facts adduced , it is equally certain that , be the originating cause what it may , its effects are enormously modified by the ...
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... march to Toulouse in order to obtain his father's king- dom . Attila was thus enabled to retire in perfect security . Next year he poured his forces through the defiles of the Alps , and laid waste the whole north of Italy . Rome itself ...
... march to Toulouse in order to obtain his father's king- dom . Attila was thus enabled to retire in perfect security . Next year he poured his forces through the defiles of the Alps , and laid waste the whole north of Italy . Rome itself ...
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