The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... appears in want ; for this sound o is also employed , as in on . ( 3. ) A more open sound is heard in all ( also denoted by au in auk , and aw in awl ) . ( 4. ) Very commonly it re- presents the continental e , as in ale ( here also we ...
... appears in want ; for this sound o is also employed , as in on . ( 3. ) A more open sound is heard in all ( also denoted by au in auk , and aw in awl ) . ( 4. ) Very commonly it re- presents the continental e , as in ale ( here also we ...
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... appears from the compliment he paid to Abauzit , when , sending him the Commercium Epistolicum , he said , " You are well worthy to judge between Leibnitz and me . " The reputation of Abauzit induced William III . to request him to ...
... appears from the compliment he paid to Abauzit , when , sending him the Commercium Epistolicum , he said , " You are well worthy to judge between Leibnitz and me . " The reputation of Abauzit induced William III . to request him to ...
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... appear to the eye at C to come , not from D , but from F. The angle DCF , con- tained by the true and apparent ... appears that the tangent of the angle of aberration ( or , since the angle is very small , the aberration itself ) ...
... appear to the eye at C to come , not from D , but from F. The angle DCF , con- tained by the true and apparent ... appears that the tangent of the angle of aberration ( or , since the angle is very small , the aberration itself ) ...
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... appears to thrive well in Europe , and even breeds there readily . The Newfoundland dog will not live in India , and the Spanish breed of fowls in this country suffer more from frost than most others . When we get lower in the scale the ...
... appears to thrive well in Europe , and even breeds there readily . The Newfoundland dog will not live in India , and the Spanish breed of fowls in this country suffer more from frost than most others . When we get lower in the scale the ...
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... appear that this class of variations are very frequent . It is , however , certain that whenever any animal or plant ... appears to have some ) definite effect in adapting the constitution of animals to a new climate ; but that it has a ...
... appear that this class of variations are very frequent . It is , however , certain that whenever any animal or plant ... appears to have some ) definite effect in adapting the constitution of animals to a new climate ; but that it has a ...
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