The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 6. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1878 |
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Page 40
... find crowns of ribands and flowers ; in Rhodes , Delos , and the adjacent islands , it was not uncommonly of gold , -of very little intrinsic worth , however , and provided by special contributions at each monthly meeting . But the most ...
... find crowns of ribands and flowers ; in Rhodes , Delos , and the adjacent islands , it was not uncommonly of gold , -of very little intrinsic worth , however , and provided by special contributions at each monthly meeting . But the most ...
Page 41
... find them forming other clubs of their own which occasionally meddled with questions of municipal , if not of general , interest . They deliberated on the rewards to be given to this or that magistrate , and voted funds for monuments ...
... find them forming other clubs of their own which occasionally meddled with questions of municipal , if not of general , interest . They deliberated on the rewards to be given to this or that magistrate , and voted funds for monuments ...
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... find coal wherever strata of estuarine origin are developed in great mass ; and this is actually the case , the Carboniferous , Cretaceous , and Oolitic series being all coal bearing horizons , though in un- equal degrees , —the first ...
... find coal wherever strata of estuarine origin are developed in great mass ; and this is actually the case , the Carboniferous , Cretaceous , and Oolitic series being all coal bearing horizons , though in un- equal degrees , —the first ...
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... find the position of No. 2 , so as to form a continuous section , it is necessary to reckon the inclination of the strata , which is 1 in 8 ; and as bore No. 1 was 40 fathoms in depth , we multiply the depth by the rate of inclination ...
... find the position of No. 2 , so as to form a continuous section , it is necessary to reckon the inclination of the strata , which is 1 in 8 ; and as bore No. 1 was 40 fathoms in depth , we multiply the depth by the rate of inclination ...
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... find likely to be obnoxious to the people ; and he continued to pour forth praises of Great Britain and scorn of the institutions of the United States , with special abuse of the French party . Abuse and threats were of course in turn ...
... find likely to be obnoxious to the people ; and he continued to pour forth praises of Great Britain and scorn of the institutions of the United States , with special abuse of the French party . Abuse and threats were of course in turn ...
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