The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1879 |
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... light but very. ful . Next to the typical Falcons comes a group known as the " great northern " Falcons ( Hierofalco ) ... light - coloured in youth is light coloured when adult , and if dark when young is also dark when old - age , after ...
... light but very. ful . Next to the typical Falcons comes a group known as the " great northern " Falcons ( Hierofalco ) ... light - coloured in youth is light coloured when adult , and if dark when young is also dark when old - age , after ...
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... light a sub - tropical fossil fauna of unexampled extent and richness . For these valuable dis- coveries he and Captain Cautley received in 1837 the Wollaston medal in duplicate from the Geological Society of London . In 1834 Falconer ...
... light a sub - tropical fossil fauna of unexampled extent and richness . For these valuable dis- coveries he and Captain Cautley received in 1837 the Wollaston medal in duplicate from the Geological Society of London . In 1834 Falconer ...
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... light can enter in the morning . The perch should she is feeding . All this time she will have been held by be a padded pole placed across the room , about four and a the leash only , but in the next step a strong but light half feet ...
... light can enter in the morning . The perch should she is feeding . All this time she will have been held by be a padded pole placed across the room , about four and a the leash only , but in the next step a strong but light half feet ...
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... light radiating frame - work of bamboo , and variously decorated , some in colours , others of white paper on which verses or sentences are written . It is a compliment in China to in- vite a friend or distinguished guest to write some ...
... light radiating frame - work of bamboo , and variously decorated , some in colours , others of white paper on which verses or sentences are written . It is a compliment in China to in- vite a friend or distinguished guest to write some ...
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... light by Graham and Loschmidt . He succeeded in liquefying several gases ; he investigated the alloys of steel , and produced several new kinds of glass intended for optical purposes . A specimen of one of these heavy glasses afterwards ...
... light by Graham and Loschmidt . He succeeded in liquefying several gases ; he investigated the alloys of steel , and produced several new kinds of glass intended for optical purposes . A specimen of one of these heavy glasses afterwards ...
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