The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 25. köideThomas Spencer Baynes Werner Company, 1895 |
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Page 13
... various allusions to horologia , and to their striking spontaneously , in the 12th century , that genuine clocks existed then , though there is no surviving description of any one until the 13th century , when it appears that a ...
... various allusions to horologia , and to their striking spontaneously , in the 12th century , that genuine clocks existed then , though there is no surviving description of any one until the 13th century , when it appears that a ...
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... Various contrivances have been resorted to for preventing tripping . But on account of the delicacy required in all of them , and other objections , none of them ever came into use until the invention of the three - legged and four ...
... Various contrivances have been resorted to for preventing tripping . But on account of the delicacy required in all of them , and other objections , none of them ever came into use until the invention of the three - legged and four ...
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... various | and especially in time - keeping , as might have been plans apparently succeeded for a time , and were mechani- cally perfect , not one has succeeded permanently ; i.e. , the contact sometimes fails to produce the current of ...
... various | and especially in time - keeping , as might have been plans apparently succeeded for a time , and were mechani- cally perfect , not one has succeeded permanently ; i.e. , the contact sometimes fails to produce the current of ...
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... various deformities of the foot , which are included under the above general title , come strictly under ortho- pedic surgery . Several forms of club - foot have been recognized by surgeons There are four primary forms : - ( 1 ) Talipes ...
... various deformities of the foot , which are included under the above general title , come strictly under ortho- pedic surgery . Several forms of club - foot have been recognized by surgeons There are four primary forms : - ( 1 ) Talipes ...
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... various periods from the 12th century downwards , classed among the historic monuments of France . A mere village at the time when William the Pious and Bernon , abbot of Gigny and Baume , laid the foundations of what was destined to be ...
... various periods from the 12th century downwards , classed among the historic monuments of France . A mere village at the time when William the Pious and Bernon , abbot of Gigny and Baume , laid the foundations of what was destined to be ...
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