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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... nature of comets , the first was insidi- future time be ascertained to exist , and in his conviction ously recommended to him by his passionate desire to find that light travels with a measurable although , in relation a physical ...
... nature of comets , the first was insidi- future time be ascertained to exist , and in his conviction ously recommended to him by his passionate desire to find that light travels with a measurable although , in relation a physical ...
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... nature of motion once impressed is to continue indefinitely in a uniform direction , and that the effect of the medium is a retarding , not an impelling one . Another commonly received axiom was that no body could be affected by more ...
... nature of motion once impressed is to continue indefinitely in a uniform direction , and that the effect of the medium is a retarding , not an impelling one . Another commonly received axiom was that no body could be affected by more ...
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... natural philosophy in Edinburgh . In the following year he was appointed actuary to the Amicable Life Assurance Office ... nature of metal is 5.956 , and of the liquid 6.069 ; the specific heat the gall . Thus the characteristics of the ...
... natural philosophy in Edinburgh . In the following year he was appointed actuary to the Amicable Life Assurance Office ... nature of metal is 5.956 , and of the liquid 6.069 ; the specific heat the gall . Thus the characteristics of the ...
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... nature's great free highway of commerce . If the proposed depth of thirty feet at the entrance to the port of Galveston can be secured , that port would become the nearest and most accessible first- class seaport for the States of Texas ...
... nature's great free highway of commerce . If the proposed depth of thirty feet at the entrance to the port of Galveston can be secured , that port would become the nearest and most accessible first- class seaport for the States of Texas ...
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... nature of the case , wild animals cannot be made the subject of that absolute kind of ownership which is generally signified by the term property . The substan- tial basis of the law of property is physical possession , the actual power ...
... nature of the case , wild animals cannot be made the subject of that absolute kind of ownership which is generally signified by the term property . The substan- tial basis of the law of property is physical possession , the actual power ...
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