The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... entered on charts of the globe , it is seen that the amplitude of this fluctuation is , speaking generally , greatest in the tropics , diminishing as we advance into higher latitudes ; greater over the land than over the sea ...
... entered on charts of the globe , it is seen that the amplitude of this fluctuation is , speaking generally , greatest in the tropics , diminishing as we advance into higher latitudes ; greater over the land than over the sea ...
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... entered into negotiations and made terms with his conqueror . While matters were being arranged , a plot was laid to assassinate Attila , in which the emperor was implicated . The conspiracy was discovered , and the barbarian upbraided ...
... entered into negotiations and made terms with his conqueror . While matters were being arranged , a plot was laid to assassinate Attila , in which the emperor was implicated . The conspiracy was discovered , and the barbarian upbraided ...
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... entered the port , besides a large number of coasting ships . There are registered at Auck- land 167 sailing vessels and 20 steamships , most of them of provincial build . The population , which was 7989 in 1862 , had increased by 1871 ...
... entered the port , besides a large number of coasting ships . There are registered at Auck- land 167 sailing vessels and 20 steamships , most of them of provincial build . The population , which was 7989 in 1862 , had increased by 1871 ...
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... entered the Neapolitan service , and for some time supported himself by teaching fencing at Naples . In 1792 he joined the Republican army that watched the movements of Spain . He rose rapidly to the rank of brigadier - general , and ...
... entered the Neapolitan service , and for some time supported himself by teaching fencing at Naples . In 1792 he joined the Republican army that watched the movements of Spain . He rose rapidly to the rank of brigadier - general , and ...
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... entered on his first day of office and prayed the gods for good omens , it was a matter of custom to report to him that lightning from the left had been seen . ( 2. ) Signs from birds ( signa ex avibus ) , with reference to the ...
... entered on his first day of office and prayed the gods for good omens , it was a matter of custom to report to him that lightning from the left had been seen . ( 2. ) Signs from birds ( signa ex avibus ) , with reference to the ...
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