The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... known in his time . After spending two years in England , assisting Archbishop Oswald of York in restoring the monastic system , he returned to France , and was made Abbot of Fleury ( 970 ) . He was twice sent to Rome by Robert the Wise ...
... known in his time . After spending two years in England , assisting Archbishop Oswald of York in restoring the monastic system , he returned to France , and was made Abbot of Fleury ( 970 ) . He was twice sent to Rome by Robert the Wise ...
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... known tomb at Père - Lachaise . Great as was the influence exerted by Abelard on the minds of his contemporaries and the course of medieval thought , he has been little known in modern times but for his , connection with Heloise ...
... known tomb at Père - Lachaise . Great as was the influence exerted by Abelard on the minds of his contemporaries and the course of medieval thought , he has been little known in modern times but for his , connection with Heloise ...
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... known relative velocities of the earth and of light , and the results agreed entirely with his observations . The observed effects of aberration are of importance as supplying an independent method of measuring the velocity of light ...
... known relative velocities of the earth and of light , and the results agreed entirely with his observations . The observed effects of aberration are of importance as supplying an independent method of measuring the velocity of light ...
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... known . ABORTION , in Midwifery ( from aborior , I perish ) , the premature separation and expulsion of the contents of the pregnant uterus . When occurring before the eighth lunar month of gestation , abortion is the term ordinarily ...
... known . ABORTION , in Midwifery ( from aborior , I perish ) , the premature separation and expulsion of the contents of the pregnant uterus . When occurring before the eighth lunar month of gestation , abortion is the term ordinarily ...
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... known only in relation to a mind cannot be known as absolute . This doctrine , now commonly spoken of under the name of the Relativity of Knowledge , may , indeed , be brought under the former view , in which subject - object marks the ...
... known only in relation to a mind cannot be known as absolute . This doctrine , now commonly spoken of under the name of the Relativity of Knowledge , may , indeed , be brought under the former view , in which subject - object marks the ...
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