The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1879 |
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... effect by a few bold touches , or the rapid and masterly grouping of appalling or horrible circumstances . He labours in detail , bringing before us the events as they arise , and conducting us with an interest constantly increasing ...
... effect by a few bold touches , or the rapid and masterly grouping of appalling or horrible circumstances . He labours in detail , bringing before us the events as they arise , and conducting us with an interest constantly increasing ...
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... effect produced on the average rainfall by denuding a country of its growing timber . There can be no doubt that the rainfall in England has been much lessened by the continuous destruction of our forests and even of our hedgerows . In ...
... effect produced on the average rainfall by denuding a country of its growing timber . There can be no doubt that the rainfall in England has been much lessened by the continuous destruction of our forests and even of our hedgerows . In ...
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... effect of magnet- ism on polarized light , and the phenomena of diamagnetism . Faraday had for a long time kept in view the possibility of using a ray of polarized light as a means of investigating the condition of transparent bodies ...
... effect of magnet- ism on polarized light , and the phenomena of diamagnetism . Faraday had for a long time kept in view the possibility of using a ray of polarized light as a means of investigating the condition of transparent bodies ...
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... effect , as on former trials . On September 13 he worked with lines of magnetic force . Air , flint , glass , rock - crystal , calcareous spar , were examined but without effect . " Heavy glass was experimented with . It gave no effects ...
... effect , as on former trials . On September 13 he worked with lines of magnetic force . Air , flint , glass , rock - crystal , calcareous spar , were examined but without effect . " Heavy glass was experimented with . It gave no effects ...
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... effect . Sergeant Kite , Scrub , Archer , and Boniface are that skill which comes from unceasing practice . On the distinct original characters which long charmed on the stage , 8th September 1841 Farragut was promoted to the rank while ...
... effect . Sergeant Kite , Scrub , Archer , and Boniface are that skill which comes from unceasing practice . On the distinct original characters which long charmed on the stage , 8th September 1841 Farragut was promoted to the rank while ...
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