The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... kind of witchcraft that has existed all along , and which has cost many poor helpless creatures their lives at the stake . Topography . - In dealing with the literature of the Highlands we cannot overlook the topography of the country ...
... kind of witchcraft that has existed all along , and which has cost many poor helpless creatures their lives at the stake . Topography . - In dealing with the literature of the Highlands we cannot overlook the topography of the country ...
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... kind in Gaelic , having the same meaning . " There is many a slip between the cup and the lip " is represented by Is le duine an ni a shluigeas e , ach cha leis an ni a chagaineas e , " What a man swallows is his own , but not what he ...
... kind in Gaelic , having the same meaning . " There is many a slip between the cup and the lip " is represented by Is le duine an ni a shluigeas e , ach cha leis an ni a chagaineas e , " What a man swallows is his own , but not what he ...
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... kind which was formerly much used . The 1 See art . ELECTRICITY , p . 43 . 2 E.g. , in above case by introducing into the galvanometer circuit ths , ths , ths , respectively of the resistance of the multiplier . coil is of flat ...
... kind which was formerly much used . The 1 See art . ELECTRICITY , p . 43 . 2 E.g. , in above case by introducing into the galvanometer circuit ths , ths , ths , respectively of the resistance of the multiplier . coil is of flat ...
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... kind described . Into the ends of the core are screwed two caps containing a plano - convex lens respectively , the piece of plane parallel glass and a former for subjective , the latter for objective reading . By means of a slit and ...
... kind described . Into the ends of the core are screwed two caps containing a plano - convex lens respectively , the piece of plane parallel glass and a former for subjective , the latter for objective reading . By means of a slit and ...
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... kind of ownership which adulterations are rice - flour and pulverized bark . Some is generally signified by the term property . The substan quantity of gamboge is shipped from Kampot in Camboja , tial basis of the law of property is ...
... kind of ownership which adulterations are rice - flour and pulverized bark . Some is generally signified by the term property . The substan quantity of gamboge is shipped from Kampot in Camboja , tial basis of the law of property is ...
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