The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... side by side as the greatest portrait painters of the English school . It is difficult to say which stands the higher of the two , although Reynolds may claim to have worked with a nearer approach to even and demonstrable excellence ...
... side by side as the greatest portrait painters of the English school . It is difficult to say which stands the higher of the two , although Reynolds may claim to have worked with a nearer approach to even and demonstrable excellence ...
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... side of the plain of Esdraelon . North - west of Nazareth is Wâdy el Melek , an open valley full of springs . The river Belus , just south of Acre , rising in the sea - coast marshes , drains the whole valley of Jiphthah- el . On the ...
... side of the plain of Esdraelon . North - west of Nazareth is Wâdy el Melek , an open valley full of springs . The river Belus , just south of Acre , rising in the sea - coast marshes , drains the whole valley of Jiphthah- el . On the ...
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... side of the lake a small plain called el Ghuweir , formed by the junction of three large valleys . It measures 31 miles along the shore , and is 1 mile wide . This plain , naturally fertile , but now almost uncul- tivated , is ...
... side of the lake a small plain called el Ghuweir , formed by the junction of three large valleys . It measures 31 miles along the shore , and is 1 mile wide . This plain , naturally fertile , but now almost uncul- tivated , is ...
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... side by side in the same or in opposite directions . The 2. The needle consists of a piece of magnetized steel , 3 In this and all that follows the silk covering is either neglected or is supposed to vary in thickness as the diameter of ...
... side by side in the same or in opposite directions . The 2. The needle consists of a piece of magnetized steel , 3 In this and all that follows the silk covering is either neglected or is supposed to vary in thickness as the diameter of ...
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... side by side , with their north and south and their south and north poles together ; this gives a differential adjustment which is very convenient . The main advantage of placing magnets in this way is that we can alter the direction of ...
... side by side , with their north and south and their south and north poles together ; this gives a differential adjustment which is very convenient . The main advantage of placing magnets in this way is that we can alter the direction of ...
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