The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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... important , of the 10 sub - families into which the Muridae or Rat family ( order Rodentia ) are divisible . Their nearest neighbours are the Tree - mice ( Dendromyina ) and the Hamsters ( Cricetina ) , from which they differ by various ...
... important , of the 10 sub - families into which the Muridae or Rat family ( order Rodentia ) are divisible . Their nearest neighbours are the Tree - mice ( Dendromyina ) and the Hamsters ( Cricetina ) , from which they differ by various ...
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... important point in the Russian line towards the Caucasus , and was fortified with earthen rampart and ditch . In 1840 it was attacked by Schamyl and 5000 mountaineers . The population ( 8760 in 1863 ) numbered 11,008 in 1877 , 52 per ...
... important point in the Russian line towards the Caucasus , and was fortified with earthen rampart and ditch . In 1840 it was attacked by Schamyl and 5000 mountaineers . The population ( 8760 in 1863 ) numbered 11,008 in 1877 , 52 per ...
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... important mule - raising country in Europe , four centres being more particularly devoted to this kind of industry : Poitou , the mountainous districts of central France , the Pyrenees , and Dauphiné . The mules of these different parts ...
... important mule - raising country in Europe , four centres being more particularly devoted to this kind of industry : Poitou , the mountainous districts of central France , the Pyrenees , and Dauphiné . The mules of these different parts ...
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... important manufactures of silk , velvet , ribbons , sail - cloth , belting for machinery , leather articles , yarn , and chemicals . It also contains a rolling- mill , boiler - works , telegraph - works , malt manufactories , several ...
... important manufactures of silk , velvet , ribbons , sail - cloth , belting for machinery , leather articles , yarn , and chemicals . It also contains a rolling- mill , boiler - works , telegraph - works , malt manufactories , several ...
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... important . The Glyptothek , a build- ing by Klenze in the Ionic style and adorned with several groups and single statues , contains a valuable series of sculp- tures , extending from Assyrian and Egyptian B monuments down to works by ...
... important . The Glyptothek , a build- ing by Klenze in the Ionic style and adorned with several groups and single statues , contains a valuable series of sculp- tures , extending from Assyrian and Egyptian B monuments down to works by ...
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