The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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... obtained Magdeburg rights in 1744 or 1745 ; and in 1796 , after the incorporation of Podolia with Russia , it was made a district town . Valentinian named him , along with Papinian , Ulpian , Modestin , and Paulus , as one of the five ...
... obtained Magdeburg rights in 1744 or 1745 ; and in 1796 , after the incorporation of Podolia with Russia , it was made a district town . Valentinian named him , along with Papinian , Ulpian , Modestin , and Paulus , as one of the five ...
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... obtained in two successive years from some of these by breeding on isolated oak trees in the neighbourhood of London . The same observer detected among about 1200 flies of the gregarious species Aphilothrix ( Cynips ) radicis not a ...
... obtained in two successive years from some of these by breeding on isolated oak trees in the neighbourhood of London . The same observer detected among about 1200 flies of the gregarious species Aphilothrix ( Cynips ) radicis not a ...
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... obtained , or any gun , part of gun , or nets or engines used for the killing or taking game ; and also to stop and search any cart or other con- veyance in or upon which such constable or peace officer shall have good cause to suspect ...
... obtained , or any gun , part of gun , or nets or engines used for the killing or taking game ; and also to stop and search any cart or other con- veyance in or upon which such constable or peace officer shall have good cause to suspect ...
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... obtained a situation at the École Polytechnique in Paris , and subsequently acted as chemical assistant to Thénard . Having commenced research in industrial chemistry , he devised a method for the refining of borax , by which the price ...
... obtained a situation at the École Polytechnique in Paris , and subsequently acted as chemical assistant to Thénard . Having commenced research in industrial chemistry , he devised a method for the refining of borax , by which the price ...
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... obtained introductions to the most distinguished writers of the time , and became a con- tributor to the Encyclopédie Méthodique and the Mercure de France . He gained considerable reputation by an éloge on L'Hôpital in 1778 , and was ...
... obtained introductions to the most distinguished writers of the time , and became a con- tributor to the Encyclopédie Méthodique and the Mercure de France . He gained considerable reputation by an éloge on L'Hôpital in 1778 , and was ...
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