The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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... 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 times past it was unlawful for Romans to ...
... 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 times past it was unlawful for Romans to ...
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... fact , the only gentes we know , the Roman gentes , show scarcely a trace of exogamy . Again , " the change of relationships which resulted from substituting Punaluan in the place of Consanguine marriage turns the Malayan into the ...
... fact , the only gentes we know , the Roman gentes , show scarcely a trace of exogamy . Again , " the change of relationships which resulted from substituting Punaluan in the place of Consanguine marriage turns the Malayan into the ...
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... fact that the Indian empire , as a whole , produces year by year sufficient food for its aggregate population . The food supply fails at certain points ; and there are no adequate means of transportation between the suffering provinces ...
... fact that the Indian empire , as a whole , produces year by year sufficient food for its aggregate population . The food supply fails at certain points ; and there are no adequate means of transportation between the suffering provinces ...
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... fact of the tangential force between an electric current and a magnetic pole was clearly stated by Örsted , and clearly apprehended by Ampère , Wollaston , and others , the realization of the continuous rotation of the wire and the ...
... fact of the tangential force between an electric current and a magnetic pole was clearly stated by Örsted , and clearly apprehended by Ampère , Wollaston , and others , the realization of the continuous rotation of the wire and the ...
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... fact will most likely prove exceedingly fertile , and of great value in the investigation of the conditions of natural force . " He immediately goes on to examine other substances , but with " no effect , " and he ends by saying ...
... fact will most likely prove exceedingly fertile , and of great value in the investigation of the conditions of natural force . " He immediately goes on to examine other substances , but with " no effect , " and he ends by saying ...
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