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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... effect the statements of Scripture . The saying attributed to one of the dukes of Argyll is well known , that if addressing his sovereign he would choose English , if addressing the lady of his affections he would choose French , but if ...
... effect the statements of Scripture . The saying attributed to one of the dukes of Argyll is well known , that if addressing his sovereign he would choose English , if addressing the lady of his affections he would choose French , but if ...
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... effect that no obstacles interposed . The Lyncean Academy collapsed with abjuration had been required of or penance imposed upon the death of Prince Federigo Cesi , its founder and presi him . During a prolonged audience , he had ...
... effect that no obstacles interposed . The Lyncean Academy collapsed with abjuration had been required of or penance imposed upon the death of Prince Federigo Cesi , its founder and presi him . During a prolonged audience , he had ...
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... effect . From the time of Archimedes there had existed a science of equilibrium , but the science of motion began to exist with Galileo . It is not too much to say that the final triumph of the Copernican system was due in larger ...
... effect . From the time of Archimedes there had existed a science of equilibrium , but the science of motion began to exist with Galileo . It is not too much to say that the final triumph of the Copernican system was due in larger ...
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... effect appears to be due to an astringent and tonic surface ; the paste is then boiled with water for twenty action ... effects of too large a dose are to render boiling with weak solution of acids the tannin procured from oak - galls by ...
... effect appears to be due to an astringent and tonic surface ; the paste is then boiled with water for twenty action ... effects of too large a dose are to render boiling with weak solution of acids the tannin procured from oak - galls by ...
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... effect on the strength of the magnetic field . 5. The graduation or reading apparatus in the older instruments consisted of a pointer or index fixed to the magnet ( very often it was the magnet itself ) , playing over a circular ...
... effect on the strength of the magnetic field . 5. The graduation or reading apparatus in the older instruments consisted of a pointer or index fixed to the magnet ( very often it was the magnet itself ) , playing over a circular ...
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