The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... give the proximate causes of the prevailing winds over the globe , and through these the prominent features of climates . As regards the ocean , the prevailing winds indicate the direction of the drift - currents and other sur- face ...
... give the proximate causes of the prevailing winds over the globe , and through these the prominent features of climates . As regards the ocean , the prevailing winds indicate the direction of the drift - currents and other sur- face ...
Page 54
... give him . Smalridge contributed some very good wit ; Friend and others some very bad archæology and philology . But the greater part of the volume was entirely Atterbury's : what was not his own was revised and retouched by him ; and ...
... give him . Smalridge contributed some very good wit ; Friend and others some very bad archæology and philology . But the greater part of the volume was entirely Atterbury's : what was not his own was revised and retouched by him ; and ...
Page 56
... give no quarter , because they believe that they shall inherit the skill and prowess of every adversary whom they destroy . Perhaps the animosity of the right reverend prelates to their brother may be explained in the same way ...
... give no quarter , because they believe that they shall inherit the skill and prowess of every adversary whom they destroy . Perhaps the animosity of the right reverend prelates to their brother may be explained in the same way ...
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... give him a claim to further advancement in his own college . In due time he obtained a fellowship , and was ... gives some interesting experiments , by means of which mechanical truths can be ocularly exhibited and demonstrated , and ...
... give him a claim to further advancement in his own college . In due time he obtained a fellowship , and was ... gives some interesting experiments , by means of which mechanical truths can be ocularly exhibited and demonstrated , and ...
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... give no certain information . It is difficult to separate the proper polarisation of the aurora from the mere atmospheric polari- sation of the sky . Mr Ranyard , who appears to have used a double - imaged prism and Savart during the ...
... give no certain information . It is difficult to separate the proper polarisation of the aurora from the mere atmospheric polari- sation of the sky . Mr Ranyard , who appears to have used a double - imaged prism and Savart during the ...
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