The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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Page 17
... increased from £ 51,921 to £ 261,212 , or upwards of five times , and the nuraber of vessels visiting the port from 16 to 110. A lighthouse is situated a little to the south of the anchorage , on the point which screens it from the ...
... increased from £ 51,921 to £ 261,212 , or upwards of five times , and the nuraber of vessels visiting the port from 16 to 110. A lighthouse is situated a little to the south of the anchorage , on the point which screens it from the ...
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... increased and are increasing in number and value every year , no exception to the statement of these laws as given by Faraday has been discovered , no new law has been added to them , and Faraday's original statement remains to this day ...
... increased and are increasing in number and value every year , no exception to the statement of these laws as given by Faraday has been discovered , no new law has been added to them , and Faraday's original statement remains to this day ...
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... Increased exertion , however , was necessary , and in 1704 he produced The Stage Coach , a piece adapted from the French by Farquhar in conjunction with Anthony Motteux , a clever , reckless playwright and essayist , and re- markable as ...
... Increased exertion , however , was necessary , and in 1704 he produced The Stage Coach , a piece adapted from the French by Farquhar in conjunction with Anthony Motteux , a clever , reckless playwright and essayist , and re- markable as ...
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... increased , and their observance more severely exacted . The 5th November was ordered to be kept as a day of thanksgiving for ever , by an Act which was not re- pealed for over two centuries . The festivities which were long common on ...
... increased , and their observance more severely exacted . The 5th November was ordered to be kept as a day of thanksgiving for ever , by an Act which was not re- pealed for over two centuries . The festivities which were long common on ...
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... increased the industrial and commercial prosperity of his kingdom . FERDINAND II . , king of Naples , grandson of the pre- ceding , and son of Alphonso II . , was born probably in 1468 . Alphonso finding his tenure of the throne ...
... increased the industrial and commercial prosperity of his kingdom . FERDINAND II . , king of Naples , grandson of the pre- ceding , and son of Alphonso II . , was born probably in 1468 . Alphonso finding his tenure of the throne ...
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