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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... less multi- farious than those of an earlier Tuscan prodigy , Leonardo da Vinci , seemed at this time equally ready to develop in any direction towards which choice or hazard might incline them . In musical skill and invention be ...
... less multi- farious than those of an earlier Tuscan prodigy , Leonardo da Vinci , seemed at this time equally ready to develop in any direction towards which choice or hazard might incline them . In musical skill and invention be ...
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... less remarkable for the sagacity which directed , | tions of the planets with the axial rotation of the suu . than for the inspiration which prompted them . With the This notion , it is plain , tended rather towards Descartes's sure ...
... less remarkable for the sagacity which directed , | tions of the planets with the axial rotation of the suu . than for the inspiration which prompted them . With the This notion , it is plain , tended rather towards Descartes's sure ...
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... less mucilage than Aleppo galls . Several other varieties of galls are produced by Aphides on species of Pistacia . M. J. Lichtenstein has established the fact that from the egg of the Aphis of Pistachio galls , Anopleura lentisci , is ...
... less mucilage than Aleppo galls . Several other varieties of galls are produced by Aphides on species of Pistacia . M. J. Lichtenstein has established the fact that from the egg of the Aphis of Pistachio galls , Anopleura lentisci , is ...
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... less in hard than in soft steel , though not so much less as needle back to its posi- some writers would lead us to suppose . The best way of tion of equilibrium varies avoiding induced magnetism would be to make the ucedle directly as ...
... less in hard than in soft steel , though not so much less as needle back to its posi- some writers would lead us to suppose . The best way of tion of equilibrium varies avoiding induced magnetism would be to make the ucedle directly as ...
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... less adapted for wheat . The flat shores of the bays afford large supplies of seaweed for man- are . Limestone , gravel , and marl are to be had in most other parts . When a sufficient quantity of manure for potatoes cannot be had , the ...
... less adapted for wheat . The flat shores of the bays afford large supplies of seaweed for man- are . Limestone , gravel , and marl are to be had in most other parts . When a sufficient quantity of manure for potatoes cannot be had , the ...
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