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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... known except in the topography . GAELIC difference between the language of the Book of Deer and the There is not a shade of language of the Irish writings of the same age . The following specimen of the notices of grants of land may be ...
... known except in the topography . GAELIC difference between the language of the Book of Deer and the There is not a shade of language of the Irish writings of the same age . The following specimen of the notices of grants of land may be ...
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... known in France and Germany . A rich literature on the subject exists in Polish . GALICIA ( Gallæcia or Callæcia , Καλλαικία , Καλαικία ) , an ancient kingdom , countship , or province in the N.W. angle of Spain , now divided into the ...
... known in France and Germany . A rich literature on the subject exists in Polish . GALICIA ( Gallæcia or Callæcia , Καλλαικία , Καλαικία ) , an ancient kingdom , countship , or province in the N.W. angle of Spain , now divided into the ...
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... known . The constant of the galvanometer G being known , the value of a current producing a deflexion ✪ is given in absolute measure by 1 - tan 0 , H being the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force . In many cases it is ...
... known . The constant of the galvanometer G being known , the value of a current producing a deflexion ✪ is given in absolute measure by 1 - tan 0 , H being the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force . In many cases it is ...
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... known of the history of Galway until after the arrival of the English , at which time it was under the pro- tection of O'Flaherty , who possessed the adjoining district to the west . On the extinction of the native dynasty of the O ...
... known of the history of Galway until after the arrival of the English , at which time it was under the pro- tection of O'Flaherty , who possessed the adjoining district to the west . On the extinction of the native dynasty of the O ...
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... known to the Portuguese discoverers ; but it was not till 1618 that English traders began to turn their atten- tion to this quarter . In that year a company was formed for the exploration of the river . Richard Thompson was sent out in ...
... known to the Portuguese discoverers ; but it was not till 1618 that English traders began to turn their atten- tion to this quarter . In that year a company was formed for the exploration of the river . Richard Thompson was sent out in ...
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