The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 78
Page 2
... period of Rome Gabii maintained its ground , and it only fell into the hands of Tarquin the Proud through a stratagem contrived by his son Sextus , who was afterwards slain by the inhabitants , when , on the expulsion of his family from ...
... period of Rome Gabii maintained its ground , and it only fell into the hands of Tarquin the Proud through a stratagem contrived by his son Sextus , who was afterwards slain by the inhabitants , when , on the expulsion of his family from ...
Page 4
... period . Thus , according to the Chaldee para- phrase of Pseudo - Jonathan , the man who showed the way to Joseph ( Gen. xxxvii . 15 ) was no other than Gabriel in human form ; and in Deut . xxxiv . 6 it is affirmed that he , along with ...
... period . Thus , according to the Chaldee para- phrase of Pseudo - Jonathan , the man who showed the way to Joseph ( Gen. xxxvii . 15 ) was no other than Gabriel in human form ; and in Deut . xxxiv . 6 it is affirmed that he , along with ...
Page 11
... period when the Gaelic kingdom of Scotland ceased to exist . It has been already said to date from the era of charters . But the two eras are pretty nearly identical . Down to the reign of Malcolm III . the Gaelic kingdom appears to ...
... period when the Gaelic kingdom of Scotland ceased to exist . It has been already said to date from the era of charters . But the two eras are pretty nearly identical . Down to the reign of Malcolm III . the Gaelic kingdom appears to ...
Page 12
... period of revival of literature over the whole continent of Europe , and the Celts of Great Britain and Ireland felt the impulse . This was a period of much writing both in Ireland and in Scotland . The remains that exist are of a ...
... period of revival of literature over the whole continent of Europe , and the Celts of Great Britain and Ireland felt the impulse . This was a period of much writing both in Ireland and in Scotland . The remains that exist are of a ...
Page 21
... period of the second missionary journey . Apart from the considerations which have been indicated in a preceding note , this view is open to the objection that it raises new and gratuitous difficulties in connexion with the history and ...
... period of the second missionary journey . Apart from the considerations which have been indicated in a preceding note , this view is open to the objection that it raises new and gratuitous difficulties in connexion with the history and ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abundant acid ancient angle appear augite axis basalt beds brachiopods carbonic carbonic acid centre century character chemical coal coast consists contains crust crystalline crystals deposit depth distance district earth equator eruption evidence existence feet felspar formations fossils Gaelic Galatia gallic acid galls galvanometer Gaur gelatin gems geological globe gneiss granite heat hornblende igneous igneous rocks important iron islands known lake land latitude lava less lime limestone longitude mass materials matter meridian metamorphic miles mineral mountain observed obtained occur ocean organic original orthoclase parallel Paris passing period plane portion present pressure produced quartz regions remains rise river rocks Roman round sand sandstone schists Scotland sediment shales side siliceous Silurian sometimes species square miles stones strata stream structure substance surface temperature thick tion town traced trilobites upper vapour vertical volcanic voyage whole