The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1879 |
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... course being carefully tied up . The falconer should enter the room about 7 or 8 A.M. next day , admitting as little light as possible , or using a candle . He should first observe if she has thrown her casting ; if so , he will at once ...
... course being carefully tied up . The falconer should enter the room about 7 or 8 A.M. next day , admitting as little light as possible , or using a candle . He should first observe if she has thrown her casting ; if so , he will at once ...
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... course important that hawks from which work in the field is expected should be kept in the highest health , and they must be carefully fed ; no bad or tainted meat must on any account be given to them , at any rate to hawks of the ...
... course important that hawks from which work in the field is expected should be kept in the highest health , and they must be carefully fed ; no bad or tainted meat must on any account be given to them , at any rate to hawks of the ...
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... course , to divide into two channels , one on each side of the magnet , in such a way that during the revolution of the magnet the current is transferred from the channel in front of the magnet to the channel behind it , so that the ...
... course , to divide into two channels , one on each side of the magnet , in such a way that during the revolution of the magnet the current is transferred from the channel in front of the magnet to the channel behind it , so that the ...
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... course till it leaves the district and flows into Bákarganj . The river is navigable by large cargo boats throughout the year , and has an average breadth during the rainy season of 1600 yards . The third great water channel is the ...
... course till it leaves the district and flows into Bákarganj . The river is navigable by large cargo boats throughout the year , and has an average breadth during the rainy season of 1600 yards . The third great water channel is the ...
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... course replete with figures , comprising those of the painter's own family . A saloon was painted by him in S. Maria in Organo , in the same city , with the subjects of Michael expelling Lucifer , and the Massacre of the Innocents ; in ...
... course replete with figures , comprising those of the painter's own family . A saloon was painted by him in S. Maria in Organo , in the same city , with the subjects of Michael expelling Lucifer , and the Massacre of the Innocents ; in ...
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