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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... less than thirteen years after the last of the three laws had been given to the world , the epicycles by which Copernicus , adhering to the ancient postulate of uniform circular motion , had endeavoured to reduce to theory the ...
... less than thirteen years after the last of the three laws had been given to the world , the epicycles by which Copernicus , adhering to the ancient postulate of uniform circular motion , had endeavoured to reduce to theory the ...
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... less remarkable for the sagacity which directed , than for the inspiration which prompted them . With the sure instinct of genius , he seized the characteristic features of the phenomena presented to his attention , and his inferences ...
... less remarkable for the sagacity which directed , than for the inspiration which prompted them . With the sure instinct of genius , he seized the characteristic features of the phenomena presented to his attention , and his inferences ...
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... less mucilage than Aleppo galls . Several other varieties of galls are produced by Aphides on species of Pistacia . M. J. Lichtenstein has established the fact that from the egg of the Aphis of Pistachio galls , Anopleura lentisci , is ...
... less mucilage than Aleppo galls . Several other varieties of galls are produced by Aphides on species of Pistacia . M. J. Lichtenstein has established the fact that from the egg of the Aphis of Pistachio galls , Anopleura lentisci , is ...
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... less in hard than in soft steel , though not so much less as ' some writers would lead us to suppose . The best way of avoiding induced magnetism would be to make the needle spherical in form ; the advantage thus gained , however ...
... less in hard than in soft steel , though not so much less as ' some writers would lead us to suppose . The best way of avoiding induced magnetism would be to make the needle spherical in form ; the advantage thus gained , however ...
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... less adapted for wheat . The flat shores of the bays afford large supplies of seaweed for man- ure . Limestone , gravel , and marl are to be had in most other parts . When a sufficient quantity of manure for potatoes cannot be had , the ...
... less adapted for wheat . The flat shores of the bays afford large supplies of seaweed for man- ure . Limestone , gravel , and marl are to be had in most other parts . When a sufficient quantity of manure for potatoes cannot be had , the ...
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