The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... drains . The steam from the engine is utilised in heating water for the numerous cast - iron tanks required in the operations of cleansing and dressing the tripery ( H ) and pig slaugh- tering - house ( I ) . By an ingenious arrangement ...
... drains . The steam from the engine is utilised in heating water for the numerous cast - iron tanks required in the operations of cleansing and dressing the tripery ( H ) and pig slaugh- tering - house ( I ) . By an ingenious arrangement ...
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... drains a tract of 5500 acres . ADJUDICATION , in Scottish Law , the name of that action by which a creditor attaches the heritable , i.e. , the real , estate of his debtor , or his debtor's heir , in order to appropriate it to himself ...
... drains a tract of 5500 acres . ADJUDICATION , in Scottish Law , the name of that action by which a creditor attaches the heritable , i.e. , the real , estate of his debtor , or his debtor's heir , in order to appropriate it to himself ...
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... drain , and , if alum be present , it will , in the course of an hour or two , acquire a blue colour ; if the tint be greenish , it is a sign of sulphate of copper ; whereas pure bread gradually loses its pink colour , but never becomes ...
... drain , and , if alum be present , it will , in the course of an hour or two , acquire a blue colour ; if the tint be greenish , it is a sign of sulphate of copper ; whereas pure bread gradually loses its pink colour , but never becomes ...
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... drain western KAFIRISTAN . Twenty miles fur- ther , and not far beyond Jalâlâbâd , the Kabul river receives from the same side a confluent entitled , as regards length , to count as main stream . In some older maps this bears the name ...
... drain western KAFIRISTAN . Twenty miles fur- ther , and not far beyond Jalâlâbâd , the Kabul river receives from the same side a confluent entitled , as regards length , to count as main stream . In some older maps this bears the name ...
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... drains the southern flanks of Safed Koh . The middle valley of Kurram , forming the district so called , is highly irrigated , well peopled , and crowded with small fortified villages , orchards , and groves , to which a fine background ...
... drains the southern flanks of Safed Koh . The middle valley of Kurram , forming the district so called , is highly irrigated , well peopled , and crowded with small fortified villages , orchards , and groves , to which a fine background ...
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