The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... former having four perforated beads running on them , and the latter one . The bar marked I indicates units , X tens , and so on up to millions . The beads on the shorter bars denote fives , -five units , five tens , & c . The rod and ...
... former having four perforated beads running on them , and the latter one . The bar marked I indicates units , X tens , and so on up to millions . The beads on the shorter bars denote fives , -five units , five tens , & c . The rod and ...
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... former that the meat is less liable to be spoiled by being carted to a distance , and is therefore probably delivered in better condition ; but the latter secures that great desideratum , the practical extinc- tion of isolated slaughter ...
... former that the meat is less liable to be spoiled by being carted to a distance , and is therefore probably delivered in better condition ; but the latter secures that great desideratum , the practical extinc- tion of isolated slaughter ...
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... former containing the menial , the latter the monastic buildings . The precincts are entered by a gateway ( P ) , at the extreme western ex- tremity , giving admission to the lower ward . Here the barns , granaries , stables , shambles ...
... former containing the menial , the latter the monastic buildings . The precincts are entered by a gateway ( P ) , at the extreme western ex- tremity , giving admission to the lower ward . Here the barns , granaries , stables , shambles ...
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... former , as at Can- terbury , the refectory ran east and west parallel to the nave of the church , on the side of the cloister furthest removed from it . In the Cistercian monasteries , to keep the noise and sound of dinner still ...
... former , as at Can- terbury , the refectory ran east and west parallel to the nave of the church , on the side of the cloister furthest removed from it . In the Cistercian monasteries , to keep the noise and sound of dinner still ...
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... former hemorrhage often to a large extent forms one of the leading symptoms . The treatment of abortion embraces the means to be used by rest , astringents , and sedatives , to prevent the occurrence when it merely threatens ; or when ...
... former hemorrhage often to a large extent forms one of the leading symptoms . The treatment of abortion embraces the means to be used by rest , astringents , and sedatives , to prevent the occurrence when it merely threatens ; or when ...
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