The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... direction of which , and of the winds , rarely violent in this region , does not favour inter - migration . Many of the islands are yet but imperfectly known . 66 39 For more detailed information the following works may be con- sulted ...
... direction of which , and of the winds , rarely violent in this region , does not favour inter - migration . Many of the islands are yet but imperfectly known . 66 39 For more detailed information the following works may be con- sulted ...
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... direction , en- close the basin of the Miño . The average elevation of the province is considerable , and the maximum height ( 6593 feet ) is reached in the Peña Trevinca on the east border of Orense . The principal river is the Miño ...
... direction , en- close the basin of the Miño . The average elevation of the province is considerable , and the maximum height ( 6593 feet ) is reached in the Peña Trevinca on the east border of Orense . The principal river is the Miño ...
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... direction towards which choice or hazard might incline them . In musical skill and invention he already vied with the best professors of the art in Italy ; his personal taste would have led him to choose painting as his profession , and ...
... direction towards which choice or hazard might incline them . In musical skill and invention he already vied with the best professors of the art in Italy ; his personal taste would have led him to choose painting as his profession , and ...
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... direction of his new instrument to the heavens formed an era in the history of astronomy . Discoveries followed upon it with astound- ing rapidity and in bewildering variety . The Sidereus Nuncius , published at Venice in the early part ...
... direction of his new instrument to the heavens formed an era in the history of astronomy . Discoveries followed upon it with astound- ing rapidity and in bewildering variety . The Sidereus Nuncius , published at Venice in the early part ...
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... direction in which they are seen . The explanation , however , of this phenomenon is equally consistent with the geocentric as with the heliocentric theory of the solar system . The idea of a universal force of gravitation seems to have ...
... direction in which they are seen . The explanation , however , of this phenomenon is equally consistent with the geocentric as with the heliocentric theory of the solar system . The idea of a universal force of gravitation seems to have ...
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