The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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... existence of which were , however , then unknown ; and he immediately set to work to investigate both its natural history and geology . In 1834 he published a description of the geological character of the neighbouring Sewalik hills ...
... existence of which were , however , then unknown ; and he immediately set to work to investigate both its natural history and geology . In 1834 he published a description of the geological character of the neighbouring Sewalik hills ...
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... existence 600 years ago , but probably their origin is some centuries earlier . Since the 17th century thefr pro- duce has been gradually decreasing , and while in 1650 they produced nearly 3300 tons the total output in 1874 was only a ...
... existence 600 years ago , but probably their origin is some centuries earlier . Since the 17th century thefr pro- duce has been gradually decreasing , and while in 1650 they produced nearly 3300 tons the total output in 1874 was only a ...
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... existence in the custom of tracing descent through females . Again , where that custom is met with , though marriage has become fixed , and where women are mistresses of the household and heads of the family , it is r not easy to give ...
... existence in the custom of tracing descent through females . Again , where that custom is met with , though marriage has become fixed , and where women are mistresses of the household and heads of the family , it is r not easy to give ...
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... existence of the patriarchal , and still more of the monogamous family impossible , and that the traditions of the races called Aryan , with many frag- ments of their customs , testify to a similar state of things in the past ...
... existence of the patriarchal , and still more of the monogamous family impossible , and that the traditions of the races called Aryan , with many frag- ments of their customs , testify to a similar state of things in the past ...
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... existence of the rule are found in the fact that Roman genealogies do not , as it is said , show us examples of marriages between persons of the same gens . . More to the point is Plutarch's statement ( Περὶ αἰτίων Ῥωμαϊκῶν ) , “ In ...
... existence of the rule are found in the fact that Roman genealogies do not , as it is said , show us examples of marriages between persons of the same gens . . More to the point is Plutarch's statement ( Περὶ αἰτίων Ῥωμαϊκῶν ) , “ In ...
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