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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... obtained Magdeburg rights in 1744 or 1745 ; and in 1796 , after the incorporation of Podolia with Russia , it was made a district town . GAIUS , a celebrated Roman jurist . Of his personal history very little is known . It is impossible ...
... obtained Magdeburg rights in 1744 or 1745 ; and in 1796 , after the incorporation of Podolia with Russia , it was made a district town . GAIUS , a celebrated Roman jurist . Of his personal history very little is known . It is impossible ...
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... obtained in two successive years from some of these by breeding on isolated oak trees in the neighbourhood of London . The same observer detected among about 1200 flies of the gregarious species Aphilothrix ( Cynips ) radicis not a ...
... obtained in two successive years from some of these by breeding on isolated oak trees in the neighbourhood of London . The same observer detected among about 1200 flies of the gregarious species Aphilothrix ( Cynips ) radicis not a ...
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... obtained . The deepening would continue slowly under tidal action for several years thereafter , and I should expect it to reach at least thirty - five or possibly forty feet before a permanent regimen would be established through the ...
... obtained . The deepening would continue slowly under tidal action for several years thereafter , and I should expect it to reach at least thirty - five or possibly forty feet before a permanent regimen would be established through the ...
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... obtained , or any gun , part , of gun , or nets or engines used for the killing or taking game ; and also to stop and search any cart or other con- veyance in or upou which such constable or peace officer shall have good cause to ...
... obtained , or any gun , part , of gun , or nets or engines used for the killing or taking game ; and also to stop and search any cart or other con- veyance in or upou which such constable or peace officer shall have good cause to ...
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... obtained a situation at the École Polytechnique in Paris , and subsequently acted as chemical assistant to Thénard . Having commenced research in industrial chemistry , he devised a method for the refining of borax , by which the price ...
... obtained a situation at the École Polytechnique in Paris , and subsequently acted as chemical assistant to Thénard . Having commenced research in industrial chemistry , he devised a method for the refining of borax , by which the price ...
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