The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... consists of two terraces sloping down the hill towards the Areopagus , from S.W. to N.E. The upper terrace , indeed ... consisting of three very massive steps . This remarkable monument has been recognised by tradition as the σkáλα Tоv ...
... consists of two terraces sloping down the hill towards the Areopagus , from S.W. to N.E. The upper terrace , indeed ... consisting of three very massive steps . This remarkable monument has been recognised by tradition as the σkáλα Tоv ...
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... consists of twenty members , one from each of the monasteries proper . These twenty communities are partly ... consist of several small associations gathered round a central church , and numerous little communities known as κabíoμara ...
... consists of twenty members , one from each of the monasteries proper . These twenty communities are partly ... consist of several small associations gathered round a central church , and numerous little communities known as κabíoμara ...
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... consists of a dry and a wet bulb , with which are observed the tempera- ture of the air and the temperature of evaporation . these two observed data , the formula of reduction , as deduced from Apjohn's investigations , is as follows ...
... consists of a dry and a wet bulb , with which are observed the tempera- ture of the air and the temperature of evaporation . these two observed data , the formula of reduction , as deduced from Apjohn's investigations , is as follows ...
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... consists in the space covered for the time by it being , on account of its dryness and clearness , more fully under the influence of both solar and terrestrial radiation ; and consequently in winter it is accompanied with great cold ...
... consists in the space covered for the time by it being , on account of its dryness and clearness , more fully under the influence of both solar and terrestrial radiation ; and consequently in winter it is accompanied with great cold ...
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... consists of water , so that the smallest living being visible under the microscope does not contain more than about a million organic molecules . Some exceedingly simple organism may be supposed built up of not more than a million ...
... consists of water , so that the smallest living being visible under the microscope does not contain more than about a million organic molecules . Some exceedingly simple organism may be supposed built up of not more than a million ...
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