The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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... length and in some genera is absent ( Filo- dinada ) , the stomach following immediately upon the pharynx . The stomach is generally large ; its wall consists of a layer of very large ciliated cells , which often contain fat globules ...
... length and in some genera is absent ( Filo- dinada ) , the stomach following immediately upon the pharynx . The stomach is generally large ; its wall consists of a layer of very large ciliated cells , which often contain fat globules ...
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... length of the quays has of late years been extended by about 8000 metres . This island , two - thirds of which was purchased by the town in 1591 and the remaining third in 1658 , was dyked in 1795 , and became the seat of a building ...
... length of the quays has of late years been extended by about 8000 metres . This island , two - thirds of which was purchased by the town in 1591 and the remaining third in 1658 , was dyked in 1795 , and became the seat of a building ...
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... length of the kingdom is from east to west near the parallel of 45 ° , along which the length is about 350 miles . The line stretching from north - west to south - east between the extreme points of the kingdom is about fifteen miles ...
... length of the kingdom is from east to west near the parallel of 45 ° , along which the length is about 350 miles . The line stretching from north - west to south - east between the extreme points of the kingdom is about fifteen miles ...
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... length . Eton possessed a fleet of boats in 1811 , if not at an earlier date , consisting of a ten - oar and three boats with eight oars . In those days some of the crews had a waterman to pull stroke and drill the crew , but this ...
... length . Eton possessed a fleet of boats in 1811 , if not at an earlier date , consisting of a ten - oar and three boats with eight oars . In those days some of the crews had a waterman to pull stroke and drill the crew , but this ...
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... length and in detail as the motions are necessarily very com- plicated . The operations are much the same whether a person be rowing on a fixed or sling seat , but a novice should be taught to row on a fixed sea he will afterwards be ...
... length and in detail as the motions are necessarily very com- plicated . The operations are much the same whether a person be rowing on a fixed or sling seat , but a novice should be taught to row on a fixed sea he will afterwards be ...
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