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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... heat . Its public buildings comprise six mosques and seven schools ; and it is worthy of note that all the inhabitants can read and write , and that those who cannot pay for their children are allowed to send them to school free of ...
... heat . Its public buildings comprise six mosques and seven schools ; and it is worthy of note that all the inhabitants can read and write , and that those who cannot pay for their children are allowed to send them to school free of ...
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... heat and cold ; and while the summers are burning hot , the winters at Angora are more severe than at Paris , and the snow often lies on the ground for a month together . The only towns of importance in Galatia were Tavium , the capital ...
... heat and cold ; and while the summers are burning hot , the winters at Angora are more severe than at Paris , and the snow often lies on the ground for a month together . The only towns of importance in Galatia were Tavium , the capital ...
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... heat and cold , and it became an efficient measure of temperature only when Rinieri , in 1646 , introduced the improvement of hermetically sealing the liquid in glass . The substitution , in 1670 , of mercury for water completed the ...
... heat and cold , and it became an efficient measure of temperature only when Rinieri , in 1646 , introduced the improvement of hermetically sealing the liquid in glass . The substitution , in 1670 , of mercury for water completed the ...
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... heat the gall . Thus the characteristics of the currant - gall of of the former between 12 and 23 ° C. is 0.079 , giving Spathegaster baccarum , L. , which occurs alike on the leaves atomic heat 5.52 , aud that of the latter between 119 ...
... heat the gall . Thus the characteristics of the currant - gall of of the former between 12 and 23 ° C. is 0.079 , giving Spathegaster baccarum , L. , which occurs alike on the leaves atomic heat 5.52 , aud that of the latter between 119 ...
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... heat of the sun in field labour . " The people in places where the simoon is frequent , " says Elphinstone ( An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul , p . 140 , 1815 ) , " eat garlic , and rub their lips and noses with it , when they go out ...
... heat of the sun in field labour . " The people in places where the simoon is frequent , " says Elphinstone ( An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul , p . 140 , 1815 ) , " eat garlic , and rub their lips and noses with it , when they go out ...
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