The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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... kind . The descent of family representatives is in these traced up to the original source , which in many cases is found among the ancient Scottish kings . The preparing and continuing of these pedigrees was one of the duties of the ...
... kind . The descent of family representatives is in these traced up to the original source , which in many cases is found among the ancient Scottish kings . The preparing and continuing of these pedigrees was one of the duties of the ...
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... kind in Gaelic , having the same meaning . " There is many a slip between the cup and the lip " is represented by Is le duine an ni a shluigeas e , ach cha leis an ni a chagaineas e , " What a man swallows is his own , but not what he ...
... kind in Gaelic , having the same meaning . " There is many a slip between the cup and the lip " is represented by Is le duine an ni a shluigeas e , ach cha leis an ni a chagaineas e , " What a man swallows is his own , but not what he ...
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... kind we have seen . The peculiarity of its construction consists in the connexion trouble in adjusting the instrument . It was constructed between the scale and the galvanometer , which saves much by Elliot Brothers for the British ...
... kind we have seen . The peculiarity of its construction consists in the connexion trouble in adjusting the instrument . It was constructed between the scale and the galvanometer , which saves much by Elliot Brothers for the British ...
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... kind mounted , so that the galvanometer described . can be used as a magnetometer . Reduction of Galvanometer Indications . - When the position of every layer of wire in the multiplier is known with sufficient accuracy , and the ...
... kind mounted , so that the galvanometer described . can be used as a magnetometer . Reduction of Galvanometer Indications . - When the position of every layer of wire in the multiplier is known with sufficient accuracy , and the ...
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... kind of ownership which adulterations are rice - flour and pulverized bark . Some is generally signified by the term property . The substan- quantity of gamboge is shipped from Kampot in Camboja , tial basis of the law of property is ...
... kind of ownership which adulterations are rice - flour and pulverized bark . Some is generally signified by the term property . The substan- quantity of gamboge is shipped from Kampot in Camboja , tial basis of the law of property is ...
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