The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1875 |
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... species of its genus ( Orycteropus ) , and belongs to the order Edentata of the mammalia . The same prefix Aard appears in the name of the AARD - WOLF ( Protetes Lalandii ) , a rare animal found in Caffraria , which is said to partake ...
... species of its genus ( Orycteropus ) , and belongs to the order Edentata of the mammalia . The same prefix Aard appears in the name of the AARD - WOLF ( Protetes Lalandii ) , a rare animal found in Caffraria , which is said to partake ...
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... species from one or a very few primary forms . The fullest discussion of the subject of Abiogenesis , from the Abiogenist's point of view , is to be found in Dr Bastian's Beginnings of Life . Professor Huxley's address , already ...
... species from one or a very few primary forms . The fullest discussion of the subject of Abiogenesis , from the Abiogenist's point of view , is to be found in Dr Bastian's Beginnings of Life . Professor Huxley's address , already ...
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... species of wormwood , chiefly Artemisia Absinthium , along with angelica root ( Archangelica officinalis ) , sweet flag root ( Acorus Calamus ) , the leaves of dittany of Crete ( Origanum Dictamnus ) , star - anise fruit ( Illicium ...
... species of wormwood , chiefly Artemisia Absinthium , along with angelica root ( Archangelica officinalis ) , sweet flag root ( Acorus Calamus ) , the leaves of dittany of Crete ( Origanum Dictamnus ) , star - anise fruit ( Illicium ...
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... species of bread only , touching the cup with their lip ; which was by the Lutherans deemed a profanation . Among several Protestant sects , both in Great Britain and America , abstemii on a some- what different principle have recently ...
... species of bread only , touching the cup with their lip ; which was by the Lutherans deemed a profanation . Among several Protestant sects , both in Great Britain and America , abstemii on a some- what different principle have recently ...
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... species of antelopes , wild swine , monkeys , hares , squirrels , several species of hyrax , jackals , & c . The birds of Abyssinia are very numerous , and many of them remarkable for the beauty of their plumage . Great numbers of ...
... species of antelopes , wild swine , monkeys , hares , squirrels , several species of hyrax , jackals , & c . The birds of Abyssinia are very numerous , and many of them remarkable for the beauty of their plumage . Great numbers of ...
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