The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 11. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... containing the story of the commission of the Holy Graal to Joseph of Arima- thea , as given above , of his ... contains no allusion to the Graal ; in the second it is an element of overpowering interest . Lancelot joins in the ...
... containing the story of the commission of the Holy Graal to Joseph of Arima- thea , as given above , of his ... contains no allusion to the Graal ; in the second it is an element of overpowering interest . Lancelot joins in the ...
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... contain , according to Flückiger and Hanbury , 0.3 per cent . of a faintly yellowish neutral essential oil , having an aromatic , not acrid taste , and a specific gravity at 15.5 ° C. of 0.825 , and giving on analysis the formula C2H2O ...
... contain , according to Flückiger and Hanbury , 0.3 per cent . of a faintly yellowish neutral essential oil , having an aromatic , not acrid taste , and a specific gravity at 15.5 ° C. of 0.825 , and giving on analysis the formula C2H2O ...
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... contains a notable proportion of oxalic acid , and is said to be very injurious to the leather shoes of those who walk through fields of gram . In Mysore the dew containing it is collected by means of cloths spread on the plant over ...
... contains a notable proportion of oxalic acid , and is said to be very injurious to the leather shoes of those who walk through fields of gram . In Mysore the dew containing it is collected by means of cloths spread on the plant over ...
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... contains several squares , of which the most remarkable is the Bibarrambla , where tournaments were formerly held . There is also a beautiful shady walk , called the Alameda , which is one of the most frequented promenades . The old ...
... contains several squares , of which the most remarkable is the Bibarrambla , where tournaments were formerly held . There is also a beautiful shady walk , called the Alameda , which is one of the most frequented promenades . The old ...
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... containing 16 per cent . of Mr Sorby has shown , too , that the quartz of vol- canic rocks contains microscopic cavities enclosing liquid . It appears , indeed , that in the fusion of all eruptive rocks water has played a very important ...
... containing 16 per cent . of Mr Sorby has shown , too , that the quartz of vol- canic rocks contains microscopic cavities enclosing liquid . It appears , indeed , that in the fusion of all eruptive rocks water has played a very important ...
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