The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 9. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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... light - coloured in youth is light coloured when adult , and if dark when young is also dark when old - age , after the first moult , making no difference in the complexion of the bird . The next group is that of the so - called ...
... light - coloured in youth is light coloured when adult , and if dark when young is also dark when old - age , after the first moult , making no difference in the complexion of the bird . The next group is that of the so - called ...
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... light a sub - tropical fossil fauna of unexampled extent and richness . For these valuable dis- Ho served on board a Leith merchant vessel , and in his eighteenth year was fortunate enough to obtain the appointment of second mate of the ...
... light a sub - tropical fossil fauna of unexampled extent and richness . For these valuable dis- Ho served on board a Leith merchant vessel , and in his eighteenth year was fortunate enough to obtain the appointment of second mate of the ...
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... light cau enter in the morning . The perch should she is feeding . All this time she will have been held by be a padded pole placed across the room , about four and a the leash only , but in the next step a strong but light half feet ...
... light cau enter in the morning . The perch should she is feeding . All this time she will have been held by be a padded pole placed across the room , about four and a the leash only , but in the next step a strong but light half feet ...
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... light imple- ment used for giving motion to the air . Ventilabrum and flabellum are names under which ecclesiastical fans are mentioned in old inventories . Fans for cooling the face have been in use in hot climates from remote ages . A ...
... light imple- ment used for giving motion to the air . Ventilabrum and flabellum are names under which ecclesiastical fans are mentioned in old inventories . Fans for cooling the face have been in use in hot climates from remote ages . A ...
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... light by Graham and Loschmidt . He succeeded in liquefying several gases ; he investigated the alloys of steel , and produced several new kinds of glass intended for optical purposes . A specimen of one of these beavy glasses afterwards ...
... light by Graham and Loschmidt . He succeeded in liquefying several gases ; he investigated the alloys of steel , and produced several new kinds of glass intended for optical purposes . A specimen of one of these beavy glasses afterwards ...
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