The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... ( French , ARGOVIE ) , one of the cantons of Switzerland , derives its name from the river which flows through it , Aar - gau being the province or district of the Aar . It is bounded on the north by the Rhine , which divides it from the ...
... ( French , ARGOVIE ) , one of the cantons of Switzerland , derives its name from the river which flows through it , Aar - gau being the province or district of the Aar . It is bounded on the north by the Rhine , which divides it from the ...
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... French work is generally square , as at Blois ( fig . 3 ) . The term is ap- plied in its diminu- tive form ( Abacis- cus ) to the chequers or squares of a tes- sellated pavement . 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 ܕܟ Mooclvcl C Fig . 5. - Roman Abacus ...
... French work is generally square , as at Blois ( fig . 3 ) . The term is ap- plied in its diminu- tive form ( Abacis- cus ) to the chequers or squares of a tes- sellated pavement . 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 ܕܟ Mooclvcl C Fig . 5. - Roman Abacus ...
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... French translation was published at Lyons in 1593 . ABARIS , the Hyperborean , a celebrated sage of anti- quity , who visited Greece about 570 B.C. , or , according to others , a century or two earlier . The particulars of his history ...
... French translation was published at Lyons in 1593 . ABARIS , the Hyperborean , a celebrated sage of anti- quity , who visited Greece about 570 B.C. , or , according to others , a century or two earlier . The particulars of his history ...
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... French author- ities was directed to the subject , as is testified by a decree passed on the 25th of February 1567. But although the importance of the question was frequently recognised , no definite or decided step seems to have been ...
... French author- ities was directed to the subject , as is testified by a decree passed on the 25th of February 1567. But although the importance of the question was frequently recognised , no definite or decided step seems to have been ...
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... French Protestant church , he accompanied Marshal Schomberg , in 1688 , to England , and became minister of the French church in the Savoy , London . His strong attachment to the cause of King William appears in his elaborate defence of ...
... French Protestant church , he accompanied Marshal Schomberg , in 1688 , to England , and became minister of the French church in the Savoy , London . His strong attachment to the cause of King William appears in his elaborate defence of ...
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