The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... change is well with the w - sound . An example is guerre , a borrowed word known . It has been already stated ( see letter C ) that in from the Teutonic ; we see it in Old High German as werra , the 5th century before our era , the ...
... change is well with the w - sound . An example is guerre , a borrowed word known . It has been already stated ( see letter C ) that in from the Teutonic ; we see it in Old High German as werra , the 5th century before our era , the ...
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... change ; but in Gaelic he meets with such changes at once . He finds mac , a son , becoming in certain circumstances rac , are indications on the Continent which rather throw doubt and he is ready to doubt whether both forms belong to ...
... change ; but in Gaelic he meets with such changes at once . He finds mac , a son , becoming in certain circumstances rac , are indications on the Continent which rather throw doubt and he is ready to doubt whether both forms belong to ...
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... changes of form . He inferred from the regularity of their general movements the rotation of the sun on its axis in a period of little less than a month ( the actual period is 25d . 7h . 48m . ) ; and he grounded on the varying nature ...
... changes of form . He inferred from the regularity of their general movements the rotation of the sun on its axis in a period of little less than a month ( the actual period is 25d . 7h . 48m . ) ; and he grounded on the varying nature ...
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... changes take place from time to time in the river bed , which alter the face of the country . Extensive islands are thrown up , and attach themselves to the mainland , while the river deserts its old bed and seeks a new channel , it may ...
... changes take place from time to time in the river bed , which alter the face of the country . Extensive islands are thrown up , and attach themselves to the mainland , while the river deserts its old bed and seeks a new channel , it may ...
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... changes which occur in these opera- tions are thus stated . The mixture of hydrated oxide of iron , & c , absorbs sulphuretted hydrogen , forming ferrous sulphide and water , and liberating sulphur , thus : - Fe2O , + 3H , S = 2FeS + S ...
... changes which occur in these opera- tions are thus stated . The mixture of hydrated oxide of iron , & c , absorbs sulphuretted hydrogen , forming ferrous sulphide and water , and liberating sulphur , thus : - Fe2O , + 3H , S = 2FeS + S ...
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