The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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... change is well known . It has been already stated ( see letter C ) that in the 5th century before our era , the distinction between the k - sound and the g - sound became lost at Rome : apparently the surviving sound was g ; but , at ...
... change is well known . It has been already stated ( see letter C ) that in the 5th century before our era , the distinction between the k - sound and the g - sound became lost at Rome : apparently the surviving sound was g ; but , at ...
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... changes required by inflexion , and other requirements of correct grammatical structure . But he has not been familiar with changes undergo any change ; but in Gaelic he meets in the initial letters of words , In English these letters ...
... changes required by inflexion , and other requirements of correct grammatical structure . But he has not been familiar with changes undergo any change ; but in Gaelic he meets in the initial letters of words , In English these letters ...
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... changes of form . He inferred without the mechanical conceptions of the dependence of from the regularity of their general movements the rotation motion upon force which Galileo familiarized to men's of the sun on its axis in a period ...
... changes of form . He inferred without the mechanical conceptions of the dependence of from the regularity of their general movements the rotation motion upon force which Galileo familiarized to men's of the sun on its axis in a period ...
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... changes take place from time to time in the river bed , which alter the face of the country . Extensive islands are thrown up , and attach themselves to the mainland , while the river deserts its old bed and seeks a new channel , it may ...
... changes take place from time to time in the river bed , which alter the face of the country . Extensive islands are thrown up , and attach themselves to the mainland , while the river deserts its old bed and seeks a new channel , it may ...
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... changes which occur in these opera- tions are thus stated . The mixture of hydrated oxide of STORING AND DISTRIBUTION . G FIG . 13. - Section of Gas - holder . by exposure to the air , absorbs oxygen , and its sulphur is of water ...
... changes which occur in these opera- tions are thus stated . The mixture of hydrated oxide of STORING AND DISTRIBUTION . G FIG . 13. - Section of Gas - holder . by exposure to the air , absorbs oxygen , and its sulphur is of water ...
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