The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... find a place . But this rule applies only to the completed record of illustrious lives , contemporary names being excluded , as , apart from the invidious task of selection , any attempt to deal , even in outline , with living men of ...
... find a place . But this rule applies only to the completed record of illustrious lives , contemporary names being excluded , as , apart from the invidious task of selection , any attempt to deal , even in outline , with living men of ...
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... find a place in any adequate survey of scientific progress . The application of the newer principles to the mechanical arts and industries has rapidly advanced during the same period , and will require extended illustra- tion in many ...
... find a place in any adequate survey of scientific progress . The application of the newer principles to the mechanical arts and industries has rapidly advanced during the same period , and will require extended illustra- tion in many ...
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... find by tracing the process of phonetic change in different lan- guages , that when one vowel passes into another , it is the pure a - sound which thus assumes other forms , whereas other vowels do not pass into the a - sound , though ...
... find by tracing the process of phonetic change in different lan- guages , that when one vowel passes into another , it is the pure a - sound which thus assumes other forms , whereas other vowels do not pass into the a - sound , though ...
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... find ; the more nearly , if not entirely , does it become the one starting point from which all vowel - sound is derived . It is principally to the effort required to keep this sound pure that we must attribute the great corruption of ...
... find ; the more nearly , if not entirely , does it become the one starting point from which all vowel - sound is derived . It is principally to the effort required to keep this sound pure that we must attribute the great corruption of ...
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... find the chapter - house , the absence of which in this plan is somewhat surprising . It appears , however from the inscriptions on the plan itself , that the To the east of the church stands a group of 12 [ BENEDICTINE . ABBEY.
... find the chapter - house , the absence of which in this plan is somewhat surprising . It appears , however from the inscriptions on the plan itself , that the To the east of the church stands a group of 12 [ BENEDICTINE . ABBEY.
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