The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, 2. köideHugh Chisholm At the University Press, 1910 |
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... fact is that the wind is continually varying in force , and while the ordinary pressure plate is admirably adapted for measuring the force of a steady and uniform wind , it is entirely unsuitable for following the rapid fluctuations of ...
... fact is that the wind is continually varying in force , and while the ordinary pressure plate is admirably adapted for measuring the force of a steady and uniform wind , it is entirely unsuitable for following the rapid fluctuations of ...
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... fact , while still claiming to be Catholic in its creeds and in its religious practice , had ceased to be Catholic in its institutional conception , which was now bound up with a particular state and also with a particular conception of ...
... fact , while still claiming to be Catholic in its creeds and in its religious practice , had ceased to be Catholic in its institutional conception , which was now bound up with a particular state and also with a particular conception of ...
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... fact , however , stands out amid the uncertainty , and that is that without a free passage up and down unpolluted rivers and without protection on the spawning beds salmon have a very poor chance of perpetuating their species . Economic ...
... fact , however , stands out amid the uncertainty , and that is that without a free passage up and down unpolluted rivers and without protection on the spawning beds salmon have a very poor chance of perpetuating their species . Economic ...
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... fact , on the pre - existence of these organic substances , themselves the products of living matter , and in this respect the animal is essentially a parasite on existing animal and plant life . The plant , on the other hand , if it be ...
... fact , on the pre - existence of these organic substances , themselves the products of living matter , and in this respect the animal is essentially a parasite on existing animal and plant life . The plant , on the other hand , if it be ...
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... fact that the heat - regulating mechanism has been interfered with . Similar results have been obtained from experiments on cats . These facts - with many others - tend to show that the power of maintaining a constant temperature has ...
... fact that the heat - regulating mechanism has been interfered with . Similar results have been obtained from experiments on cats . These facts - with many others - tend to show that the power of maintaining a constant temperature has ...
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