The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1884 |
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... ancient foundation , Mülheim did not receive a muni- cipal charter till 1587. Its industrial prosperity is in great part due to the influx of Protestants expelled from Cologne at the beginning of the 17th century . The popu- lation in ...
... ancient foundation , Mülheim did not receive a muni- cipal charter till 1587. Its industrial prosperity is in great part due to the influx of Protestants expelled from Cologne at the beginning of the 17th century . The popu- lation in ...
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... ancient Greece . In 1828 he published Die Etrusker . His Prolegomenen zu einer wissenschaftlichen My- thologie ( 1825 ) prepared the way for the scientific investigation of myths ; and the study of ancient art he promoted by his ...
... ancient Greece . In 1828 he published Die Etrusker . His Prolegomenen zu einer wissenschaftlichen My- thologie ( 1825 ) prepared the way for the scientific investigation of myths ; and the study of ancient art he promoted by his ...
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... ancient Romans ) are marine fishes , with two short dorsal fins remote from each other : the first is com- posed of feeble spines , the second of branched rays ; the anal fin is similar to the second dorsal . The body is covered with ...
... ancient Romans ) are marine fishes , with two short dorsal fins remote from each other : the first is com- posed of feeble spines , the second of branched rays ; the anal fin is similar to the second dorsal . The body is covered with ...
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... ancient Hindu temple . The civil station contains a court- house and treasury , commissioner's offices , jail , post - office , telegraph - office , dispensary , and staging bungalow The Church Missionary Society maintains a station ...
... ancient Hindu temple . The civil station contains a court- house and treasury , commissioner's offices , jail , post - office , telegraph - office , dispensary , and staging bungalow The Church Missionary Society maintains a station ...
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... ancient tomb - breakers , the mummy of Merenra is distinctly impressed in the usual manner with marks of its former bandages ; and portions of the bandages and a ' well - embalmed " hand were recovered from the débris of that of King ...
... ancient tomb - breakers , the mummy of Merenra is distinctly impressed in the usual manner with marks of its former bandages ; and portions of the bandages and a ' well - embalmed " hand were recovered from the débris of that of King ...
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