The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Latest Edition. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideDay Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith Werner, 1902 |
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... cause - namely , illumination by sun - light reflected from the earth . All the time - worn fables and conjectures regarding the composition of the Milky Way were at once dissipated by the simple statement that to the eye , reinforced ...
... cause - namely , illumination by sun - light reflected from the earth . All the time - worn fables and conjectures regarding the composition of the Milky Way were at once dissipated by the simple statement that to the eye , reinforced ...
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... caused by quarantine regulations ; but the pope was sternly indig- nant at what he held to be his ingratitude and ... cause of progress had no other motive than the reluctance of the Florentine astronomer to accept discoveries which ...
... caused by quarantine regulations ; but the pope was sternly indig- nant at what he held to be his ingratitude and ... cause of progress had no other motive than the reluctance of the Florentine astronomer to accept discoveries which ...
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... cause and effect . From the time of A series of careful observations made him acquainted Archimedes there had existed a science of equilibrium , but with the principal appearances revealed by modern instru- the science of motion began ...
... cause and effect . From the time of A series of careful observations made him acquainted Archimedes there had existed a science of equilibrium , but with the principal appearances revealed by modern instru- the science of motion began ...
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... caused by Acarus domesticus . What are ment of the ore , which contains the metal in only very commonly known as ... cause of the hypertrophy , in the case of the solution of the purified oxide obtained therefrom , the metal typical ...
... caused by Acarus domesticus . What are ment of the ore , which contains the metal in only very commonly known as ... cause of the hypertrophy , in the case of the solution of the purified oxide obtained therefrom , the metal typical ...
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... caused to jump by the spasmodic movements of the grub within the thin - walled gall - cavity.1 α FIG . 1 - a , Aleppo ... cause of the oblong or rounded green and red galls of the young shoots and leaves of the lime . Galls are formed ...
... caused to jump by the spasmodic movements of the grub within the thin - walled gall - cavity.1 α FIG . 1 - a , Aleppo ... cause of the oblong or rounded green and red galls of the young shoots and leaves of the lime . Galls are formed ...
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