The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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... ISLANDS . Sir WYVILLE THOMSON , anthor of " The Challenger Expedition . " FAMILY . ANDREW LANG . FAMINES . CORNELIUS WALFORD , author of " Famines of the World , Past and Present . " FARADAY . J. CLERK MAXWELL , Prof. of Experi mental ...
... ISLANDS . Sir WYVILLE THOMSON , anthor of " The Challenger Expedition . " FAMILY . ANDREW LANG . FAMINES . CORNELIUS WALFORD , author of " Famines of the World , Past and Present . " FARADAY . J. CLERK MAXWELL , Prof. of Experi mental ...
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... islands must be small indeed . Yet its utility to the game - preserver , by destroying every one of his most precious wards that shews any sign of infirmity , can hardly be questioned by reason , and no one has more earnestly urged its ...
... islands must be small indeed . Yet its utility to the game - preserver , by destroying every one of his most precious wards that shews any sign of infirmity , can hardly be questioned by reason , and no one has more earnestly urged its ...
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... Islands . Very close to this comes the Greenland Falcon ( F. candicans ) , a native of North Greenland , and perhaps of other countries within the Arctic circle . Like the last , the Greenland Falcon from time to time occurs in the ...
... Islands . Very close to this comes the Greenland Falcon ( F. candicans ) , a native of North Greenland , and perhaps of other countries within the Arctic circle . Like the last , the Greenland Falcon from time to time occurs in the ...
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... islands , and is most wantonly and needlessly destroyed by of London . In 1834 Falconer was appointed to inquire gamekeepers . A second European species of the group is into the fitness of India for the growth of the tea - plant , and ...
... islands , and is most wantonly and needlessly destroyed by of London . In 1834 Falconer was appointed to inquire gamekeepers . A second European species of the group is into the fitness of India for the growth of the tea - plant , and ...
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... ISLANDS ( French , Malouines ; Spanish , Malvinas ) , a group of islands in the South Atlantic , belong- ing to Britain , and lying about 250 miles E. of the nearest point in the mainland of South America , between the parallels of 51 ...
... ISLANDS ( French , Malouines ; Spanish , Malvinas ) , a group of islands in the South Atlantic , belong- ing to Britain , and lying about 250 miles E. of the nearest point in the mainland of South America , between the parallels of 51 ...
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