The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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... result most pro- bably of an excessive striving after originality . One of his most successful statues was one of Milo of Crotona , which secured his admission to the membership of the Academy of Fine Arts . Many of his works , being ...
... result most pro- bably of an excessive striving after originality . One of his most successful statues was one of Milo of Crotona , which secured his admission to the membership of the Academy of Fine Arts . Many of his works , being ...
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... result from rain , as where it occurs in undue quantities during the harvest season , and the crops are destroyed before they can be safely stored . This has constantly happened in the northern portions of our own kingdom , and in parts ...
... result from rain , as where it occurs in undue quantities during the harvest season , and the crops are destroyed before they can be safely stored . This has constantly happened in the northern portions of our own kingdom , and in parts ...
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... results described in his first series of " Experimental Researches " read to the Royal Society , November 24 , 1841 . By ... result we may mention that in 1862 he made the relation between magnetism and light the subject of his very last ...
... results described in his first series of " Experimental Researches " read to the Royal Society , November 24 , 1841 . By ... result we may mention that in 1862 he made the relation between magnetism and light the subject of his very last ...
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... result on October 6. A bar of heavy glass was sus- pended by silk between the poles of the new magnet . " When it ... results of his discoveries , and of the accuracy and completeness with which he made his final statement of the laws of ...
... result on October 6. A bar of heavy glass was sus- pended by silk between the poles of the new magnet . " When it ... results of his discoveries , and of the accuracy and completeness with which he made his final statement of the laws of ...
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... result of such sacrifice on behalf of the dead may eventually have come to be regarded as an indispens- able concomitant of all sacrifice , and so have survived as a well - established usage long after the original cause had ceased to ...
... result of such sacrifice on behalf of the dead may eventually have come to be regarded as an indispens- able concomitant of all sacrifice , and so have survived as a well - established usage long after the original cause had ceased to ...
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