The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 25. köideThomas Spencer Baynes Werner Company, 1895 |
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... French influence in the three great provinces under these nawabs . But his merit lies especially in the ability and foresight with which he secured for his country , and for the good of the natives , the richest of the three , Bengal ...
... French influence in the three great provinces under these nawabs . But his merit lies especially in the ability and foresight with which he secured for his country , and for the good of the natives , the richest of the three , Bengal ...
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... French clocks have also been greatly improved within the same time , and are now , at least some of them , quite different both in construction and execution from the old - fashioned French drawing - room clock which generally goes ...
... French clocks have also been greatly improved within the same time , and are now , at least some of them , quite different both in construction and execution from the old - fashioned French drawing - room clock which generally goes ...
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... French clockmakers before ours , was in the shape and construction of the frame . The old form of turret clock - frame was that of a large iron cage , of which some of the vertical bars take off , and are fitted with brass bushes for ...
... French clockmakers before ours , was in the shape and construction of the frame . The old form of turret clock - frame was that of a large iron cage , of which some of the vertical bars take off , and are fitted with brass bushes for ...
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... French word clou , on account of their resemblance to a nail . The clove tree is a beauti- ful evergreen which grows to a height of from 30 to 40 feet , having large oblong leaves and crimson flowers in numerous groups of terminal cymes ...
... French word clou , on account of their resemblance to a nail . The clove tree is a beauti- ful evergreen which grows to a height of from 30 to 40 feet , having large oblong leaves and crimson flowers in numerous groups of terminal cymes ...
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... French basins , and those of Saxony and Bohemia . Further east , in central and southern Russia , the order observed in Scotland is reproduced , there being a large development of coal in Car- boniferous limestone strata , and something ...
... French basins , and those of Saxony and Bohemia . Further east , in central and southern Russia , the order observed in Scotland is reproduced , there being a large development of coal in Car- boniferous limestone strata , and something ...
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