The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... Roman Abacus . s ! !!! ABACUS also signifies an instrument employed by the ancients for arithmetical calculations ; pebbles , bits of bone , or coins , being used as counters . The accompanying figure ( 5 ) of a Roman abacus is taken ...
... Roman Abacus . s ! !!! ABACUS also signifies an instrument employed by the ancients for arithmetical calculations ; pebbles , bits of bone , or coins , being used as counters . The accompanying figure ( 5 ) of a Roman abacus is taken ...
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... Roman system of abattoirs , if it may be so called , was introduced there in an imperfect form . A clique of families in Paris long exercised the special func- tion of catering for the public wants in respect of meat . But as the city ...
... Roman system of abattoirs , if it may be so called , was introduced there in an imperfect form . A clique of families in Paris long exercised the special func- tion of catering for the public wants in respect of meat . But as the city ...
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... Roman Catholic faith , his mother contrived his escape . For two years his brother and he lived as fugitives in the mountains of the Cevennes , but they at last reached Geneva , where their mother after- wards joined them on escaping ...
... Roman Catholic faith , his mother contrived his escape . For two years his brother and he lived as fugitives in the mountains of the Cevennes , but they at last reached Geneva , where their mother after- wards joined them on escaping ...
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... Roman Pontiffs , besides controversial treatises , letters , & c . Mendicant oblong , destitute of aisles , 123 fect long by only 26 feet | wide . The cloisters are to the south , with the chapter- house , & c . , to the east , with the ...
... Roman Pontiffs , besides controversial treatises , letters , & c . Mendicant oblong , destitute of aisles , 123 fect long by only 26 feet | wide . The cloisters are to the south , with the chapter- house , & c . , to the east , with the ...
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... Roman Catholic divine during the reign of Henry VIII . , was an Englishman , but when or where born does not appear . He was educated at Oxford , where he passed B.A. on 4th July 1513 , M.A. on 27th June 1516 , and proceeded D.D. On 23d ...
... Roman Catholic divine during the reign of Henry VIII . , was an Englishman , but when or where born does not appear . He was educated at Oxford , where he passed B.A. on 4th July 1513 , M.A. on 27th June 1516 , and proceeded D.D. On 23d ...
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