The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, 2. köideHugh Chisholm At the University Press, 1910 |
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... direction of the wind and therefore horizontal . Furthermore , since the wind varies in | direction and the axis has to follow its changes , a wind vane or some other contrivance to fulfil the same purpose must be em- ployed . This type ...
... direction of the wind and therefore horizontal . Furthermore , since the wind varies in | direction and the axis has to follow its changes , a wind vane or some other contrivance to fulfil the same purpose must be em- ployed . This type ...
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... direction of the establishment of a vegetation of fixed habit and adapted to the vicissitudes of a life on land , and the Angio- sperms are the highest expression of this evolution and constitute the dominant vegetation of the earth's ...
... direction of the establishment of a vegetation of fixed habit and adapted to the vicissitudes of a life on land , and the Angio- sperms are the highest expression of this evolution and constitute the dominant vegetation of the earth's ...
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... direction . The angler is carried away into foreign parts and all trade fail for want of money . " 1 He especially disapproved of another clause in the same bill forbidding the importation of Irish cattle into England , a mischievous ...
... direction . The angler is carried away into foreign parts and all trade fail for want of money . " 1 He especially disapproved of another clause in the same bill forbidding the importation of Irish cattle into England , a mischievous ...
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... direction of governmental legislation . 4. The next question to be approached concerns the pedigree of Anglo - Saxon law and the latter's natural affinities . What is its position in the legal history of Germanic nations ? How far has ...
... direction of governmental legislation . 4. The next question to be approached concerns the pedigree of Anglo - Saxon law and the latter's natural affinities . What is its position in the legal history of Germanic nations ? How far has ...
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... direction of Bechuana- land . The surrounding country for many miles is absolute desert , except after rare but terrible thunderstorms , when the dry bed of the Little Fish river is suddenly filled with a turbulent stream , the water ...
... direction of Bechuana- land . The surrounding country for many miles is absolute desert , except after rare but terrible thunderstorms , when the dry bed of the Little Fish river is suddenly filled with a turbulent stream , the water ...
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Page 209 - Court upon any question, howsoever arising, as to the limits inter se of the Constitutional powers of the Commonwealth and those of any State or States, or as to the limits inter se of the Constitutional powers of any two or more States...
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Page 21 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
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Page 78 - I do not seek to understand, in order that I may believe; but I believe, that I may understand.
Page 170 - But of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.