The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... light - coloured in youth is light coloured when adult , and if dark when young is also dark when old - age , after the first moult , making no difference in the complexion of the bird . The next group is that of the so - called ...
... light - coloured in youth is light coloured when adult , and if dark when young is also dark when old - age , after the first moult , making no difference in the complexion of the bird . The next group is that of the so - called ...
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... light a sub - tropical fossil fauna of unexampled extent and richness . For these valuable dis- coveries he and Captain Cautley received in 1837 the Wollaston medal in duplicate from the Geological Society of London . In 1834 Falconer ...
... light a sub - tropical fossil fauna of unexampled extent and richness . For these valuable dis- coveries he and Captain Cautley received in 1837 the Wollaston medal in duplicate from the Geological Society of London . In 1834 Falconer ...
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... light creance must be made fast to the leash , and an assistant holding the hawk should unhood her , as the falconer , stand- ing at a distance of 5 to 10 yards , calls her by shouting and casting out the lure . Gradually day after day ...
... light creance must be made fast to the leash , and an assistant holding the hawk should unhood her , as the falconer , stand- ing at a distance of 5 to 10 yards , calls her by shouting and casting out the lure . Gradually day after day ...
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... light imple- ment used for giving motion to the air . Ventilabrum and flabellum are names under which ecclesiastical fans are mentioned in old inventories . Fans for cooling the face have been in use in hot climates from remote ages . A ...
... light imple- ment used for giving motion to the air . Ventilabrum and flabellum are names under which ecclesiastical fans are mentioned in old inventories . Fans for cooling the face have been in use in hot climates from remote ages . A ...
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... light by Graham and Loschmidt . He succeeded in liquefying several He succeeded in liquefying several gases ; he investigated the alloys of steel , and produced several new kinds of glass intended for optical purposes . A specimen of ...
... light by Graham and Loschmidt . He succeeded in liquefying several He succeeded in liquefying several gases ; he investigated the alloys of steel , and produced several new kinds of glass intended for optical purposes . A specimen of ...
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