The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... means of securing luxuriance ; too , the crops of whole districts are either designedly without the moisture there is absolute sterility . The early destroyed or ruinously devastated . Famines in particular Bible records refer to the ...
... means of securing luxuriance ; too , the crops of whole districts are either designedly without the moisture there is absolute sterility . The early destroyed or ruinously devastated . Famines in particular Bible records refer to the ...
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... means of changing the coine all things became very deere , whereof an extreame famine did arise , and afflict the multitude of the people unto death . " Other instances , as in 1248 , 1390 , and 1586 , are more particu- larly set out in ...
... means of changing the coine all things became very deere , whereof an extreame famine did arise , and afflict the multitude of the people unto death . " Other instances , as in 1248 , 1390 , and 1586 , are more particu- larly set out in ...
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... means of a magnet , and on three occasions he had made elaborate but unsuccessful attempts to produce a current in one wire by means of a current in another wire or by a magnet . He still persevered , and on the 29th August 1831 he ...
... means of a magnet , and on three occasions he had made elaborate but unsuccessful attempts to produce a current in one wire by means of a current in another wire or by a magnet . He still persevered , and on the 29th August 1831 he ...
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... means . His coolness in danger amounted to rashness . Once , while dining within range of the enemy , a shot scattered the brains of one of his companions on the table , but he ordered a new cloth to be laid , and would not give the ...
... means . His coolness in danger amounted to rashness . Once , while dining within range of the enemy , a shot scattered the brains of one of his companions on the table , but he ordered a new cloth to be laid , and would not give the ...
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... means encouraged the observance of them , the rebuilding of the temple does not appear to have been considered an achievement of sufficient importance to warrant their discontinuance . It is worthy of remark that 66 1 V is here to be ...
... means encouraged the observance of them , the rebuilding of the temple does not appear to have been considered an achievement of sufficient importance to warrant their discontinuance . It is worthy of remark that 66 1 V is here to be ...
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