The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... structure by the dialect spoken and written by the victors . The Gaelic language , as now in use in Scotland , resembles closely in its structure both the Irish and the Manx . They form one family , and yet it has its own distinctive ...
... structure by the dialect spoken and written by the victors . The Gaelic language , as now in use in Scotland , resembles closely in its structure both the Irish and the Manx . They form one family , and yet it has its own distinctive ...
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... structure , still it must be the quality of the irritant of the metal attached to a platinum wire be inserted into it . At tissues , rather than the specific peculiarities or the part of 24 ° 5 C. ( 76 ° 1 Fahr . ) the specific gravity ...
... structure , still it must be the quality of the irritant of the metal attached to a platinum wire be inserted into it . At tissues , rather than the specific peculiarities or the part of 24 ° 5 C. ( 76 ° 1 Fahr . ) the specific gravity ...
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... structure is rendered air- tight at the line of junction . Holders of great capacity are now erected in connexion with large works . The Imperial Company in London possesses two , at Bromley and Hackney , telescopic in form , the outer ...
... structure is rendered air- tight at the line of junction . Holders of great capacity are now erected in connexion with large works . The Imperial Company in London possesses two , at Bromley and Hackney , telescopic in form , the outer ...
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... structure , though entirely built of small bricks . The tunnel under the rampart is 112 feet long by 14 wide , and the height of the archway is 34 feet . An inscription copied by Francklin ascribes the work to Barbak Shah , and the ...
... structure , though entirely built of small bricks . The tunnel under the rampart is 112 feet long by 14 wide , and the height of the archway is 34 feet . An inscription copied by Francklin ascribes the work to Barbak Shah , and the ...
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... structure of the toes in those lizards forms their most characteristic anatomical feature . These organs are flattened out into broad discs , and are furnished with transverse lamellar plates , by means of which the geckoes are enabled ...
... structure of the toes in those lizards forms their most characteristic anatomical feature . These organs are flattened out into broad discs , and are furnished with transverse lamellar plates , by means of which the geckoes are enabled ...
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