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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... kind of witchcraft that has ' existed all along , and which has cost many poor helpless creatures their lives at the stake . Topography .-- In dealing with the literature of the Highlands we cannot overlook the topography of the country ...
... kind of witchcraft that has ' existed all along , and which has cost many poor helpless creatures their lives at the stake . Topography .-- In dealing with the literature of the Highlands we cannot overlook the topography of the country ...
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... kind in Gaelic , having the same meaning . " There is many a slip between the cup and the lip " is represented by Is le duine an ni a shluigeas e , ach cha leis an ni a chagaineas e , " What a man swallows is his own , but not what he ...
... kind in Gaelic , having the same meaning . " There is many a slip between the cup and the lip " is represented by Is le duine an ni a shluigeas e , ach cha leis an ni a chagaineas e , " What a man swallows is his own , but not what he ...
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... kind which was formerly much used . The 1 See art . ELECTRICITY , P. 43 . Egin above case by introducing into the galvanometer circuit ths , ths , ths , respectively of the resistance of the multiplie In the galvanometers of Sir William ...
... kind which was formerly much used . The 1 See art . ELECTRICITY , P. 43 . Egin above case by introducing into the galvanometer circuit ths , ths , ths , respectively of the resistance of the multiplie In the galvanometers of Sir William ...
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... kind , described . Into the ends of the core are piece of plane parallel glass and a of a slit and screw in the stem which supports the instrument , a horizontal bar can be fixed parallel to the axis of the multiplier . On mounted , so ...
... kind , described . Into the ends of the core are piece of plane parallel glass and a of a slit and screw in the stem which supports the instrument , a horizontal bar can be fixed parallel to the axis of the multiplier . On mounted , so ...
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... kind of ownership which is generally signified by the term property . The substan- tial basis of the law of property is physical possession , the actual power of dealing with things as we see fit , and we can have no such power over ...
... kind of ownership which is generally signified by the term property . The substan- tial basis of the law of property is physical possession , the actual power of dealing with things as we see fit , and we can have no such power over ...
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