Hardwicke's Science-gossipRobert Hardwicke, 1885 |
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... called , fire - sign , was observed all over Denmark , Norway , and Sweden , and , strangely enough , a terrible plague visited these countries in the same year . In Copenhagen its ravages were so great that the academical lectures at ...
... called , fire - sign , was observed all over Denmark , Norway , and Sweden , and , strangely enough , a terrible plague visited these countries in the same year . In Copenhagen its ravages were so great that the academical lectures at ...
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... called the 12 - hour enumeration . The " tempo italiano " was counted from the chiaroscuro , or twilight , a very clumsy device , seeing that the 24 o'clock had to be shifted every month . Some of the public clocks had ( and possibly ...
... called the 12 - hour enumeration . The " tempo italiano " was counted from the chiaroscuro , or twilight , a very clumsy device , seeing that the 24 o'clock had to be shifted every month . Some of the public clocks had ( and possibly ...
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... called by the ancient Britons Avalon , from the abundance of apple - trees in the district ; and by the Saxons Glastn - a - byrig , from which its present name is immediately derived . Within a short distance of , and in a south - west ...
... called by the ancient Britons Avalon , from the abundance of apple - trees in the district ; and by the Saxons Glastn - a - byrig , from which its present name is immediately derived . Within a short distance of , and in a south - west ...
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... called " Edgarley , ” — now a hamlet in the parish of St. John - endowed the abbey with several estates , and invested the monks with extensive privileges . The abbots lived en prince ; the revenue having been , so far as we can ...
... called " Edgarley , ” — now a hamlet in the parish of St. John - endowed the abbey with several estates , and invested the monks with extensive privileges . The abbots lived en prince ; the revenue having been , so far as we can ...
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... called T. majus , Smith , " Jacq . " : T. majus , Murr . " Jacq . " is not a British plant . England might be added to the list of countries for T. alpinum , L. ( Alpine meadow rue ) ; it grows in Yorkshire , Westmoreland , & c . It is ...
... called T. majus , Smith , " Jacq . " : T. majus , Murr . " Jacq . " is not a British plant . England might be added to the list of countries for T. alpinum , L. ( Alpine meadow rue ) ; it grows in Yorkshire , Westmoreland , & c . It is ...
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