The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... containing the collections of Aristotle and Theophrastus , were carried off by the cultivated Sulla . The loss of life ... contains an edict of the Emperor Hadrian regulating the sale of oil and the duties payable upon it . It is easy to ...
... containing the collections of Aristotle and Theophrastus , were carried off by the cultivated Sulla . The loss of life ... contains an edict of the Emperor Hadrian regulating the sale of oil and the duties payable upon it . It is easy to ...
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... contain 30 cubic inches of mercury ; and since one cubic inch of mercury contains 34267 grains , the weight of 30 cubic inches will be nearly 147304 lb avoirdupois . Thus the pressure of the atmosphere is generally , at least in these ...
... contain 30 cubic inches of mercury ; and since one cubic inch of mercury contains 34267 grains , the weight of 30 cubic inches will be nearly 147304 lb avoirdupois . Thus the pressure of the atmosphere is generally , at least in these ...
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... contain on an average about 50 of the more elementary atoms , we may assume that the smallest organised particle visible under the microscope contains about two million molecules of organic matter . At least half of every living ...
... contain on an average about 50 of the more elementary atoms , we may assume that the smallest organised particle visible under the microscope contains about two million molecules of organic matter . At least half of every living ...
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... contains n lines of a certain degree of intensity , the probability that any one line of the spectrum of a gas will coincide with one of these n lines is n P 1 — n 1 1 n 1 - 2 + & c . ) , Ρ nr pr and when p is large compared with n ...
... contains n lines of a certain degree of intensity , the probability that any one line of the spectrum of a gas will coincide with one of these n lines is n P 1 — n 1 1 n 1 - 2 + & c . ) , Ρ nr pr and when p is large compared with n ...
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... contains the Orteler Spitze , and others of the loftiest points in the country . The middle or principal chain extends in an easterly direction to the borders of Salzburg and Carinthia , and has many of its peaks covered with perpetual ...
... contains the Orteler Spitze , and others of the loftiest points in the country . The middle or principal chain extends in an easterly direction to the borders of Salzburg and Carinthia , and has many of its peaks covered with perpetual ...
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