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DE CANDOLLE , AUGUSTIN PYRAMUS ( 1778–1841 ) , a For an estimate of his
place as a botanist see BOTANY , vol ... first productions , Historia anciently the
next in size , is represented by the village of Plantarum Succulentarum ( 4 vols .
DE CANDOLLE , AUGUSTIN PYRAMUS ( 1778–1841 ) , a For an estimate of his
place as a botanist see BOTANY , vol ... first productions , Historia anciently the
next in size , is represented by the village of Plantarum Succulentarum ( 4 vols .
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Bohn ' s libraries contain an edition which through want 12 vols . Bohn ' s libraries
contain : drag in moral distinctions at every turn , and to confound of support was
stopped at the seventh volume . It includes the everything which is novel to the ...
Bohn ' s libraries contain an edition which through want 12 vols . Bohn ' s libraries
contain : drag in moral distinctions at every turn , and to confound of support was
stopped at the seventh volume . It includes the everything which is novel to the ...
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Muets , 2 vols . Paris , 1832 ; De lu Bienfaisance publique , 4 conciliatory
tendency of his views . In 1819 be opened at des Systemes will be found in the
frugments Philosophiques of M. detailed analysis of the Histoire Comparée the
law ...
Muets , 2 vols . Paris , 1832 ; De lu Bienfaisance publique , 4 conciliatory
tendency of his views . In 1819 be opened at des Systemes will be found in the
frugments Philosophiques of M. detailed analysis of the Histoire Comparée the
law ...
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... his poems , edited by Brouerius matic deism ; while , in the case of the historico
- critical van Nideck , was published at Amsterdam in 1726 under school to which
Semler belonged , the distinction is not tbe title Exercises Poétiques ( 2 vols .
... his poems , edited by Brouerius matic deism ; while , in the case of the historico
- critical van Nideck , was published at Amsterdam in 1726 under school to which
Semler belonged , the distinction is not tbe title Exercises Poétiques ( 2 vols .
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The whole matter in du Système Métrique Décimal ( 3 vols . 1806-10 ) , for which
dispute between the three powers was submitted to the he obtained , by a
unanimous vote , the prizo awarded by arbitration of M. Thiers , the French
president ...
The whole matter in du Système Métrique Décimal ( 3 vols . 1806-10 ) , for which
dispute between the three powers was submitted to the he obtained , by a
unanimous vote , the prizo awarded by arbitration of M. Thiers , the French
president ...
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| Title | The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 7. köide The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, Thomas Spencer Baynes |
| Contributor | Thomas Spencer Baynes |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | H.G. Allen, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 4 sept. 2007 |
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