The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 - 908 pages |
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... authority of the fullest knowledge and insight , and every effort has been made to secure this advantage for the New Edition of the Encyclopædia . The recent history of Physics is marked by changes both of conception and classifica ...
... authority of the fullest knowledge and insight , and every effort has been made to secure this advantage for the New Edition of the Encyclopædia . The recent history of Physics is marked by changes both of conception and classifica ...
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... authority and with the consent of the holders of three - fifths of its shares or stock , and on certain conditions specified in the Acts , grant a war- rant authorising the abandonment of the railway or a por- tion of it . After due ...
... authority and with the consent of the holders of three - fifths of its shares or stock , and on certain conditions specified in the Acts , grant a war- rant authorising the abandonment of the railway or a por- tion of it . After due ...
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... authorities . Booths are let at a statutory rent of £ 8 each per annum , and , in addition to this , gate - dues are payable for every beast entering the establishment . The present rates for tenants of booths are 14d . for an ox or cow ...
... authorities . Booths are let at a statutory rent of £ 8 each per annum , and , in addition to this , gate - dues are payable for every beast entering the establishment . The present rates for tenants of booths are 14d . for an ox or cow ...
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... authority of the Apocalypse was answered - conclusively , as Abauzit himself allowed - by Dr Leonard Twells . He edited , and made valuable additions to Spon's History of Geneva . A collection of his writings was published at Geneva in ...
... authority of the Apocalypse was answered - conclusively , as Abauzit himself allowed - by Dr Leonard Twells . He edited , and made valuable additions to Spon's History of Geneva . A collection of his writings was published at Geneva in ...
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... authority of an abbess , correspond generally with those of an abbot . The office was elective , the choice being by the secret votes of the sisters from their own body . The abbess was solemnly admitted to her office by episcopal ...
... authority of an abbess , correspond generally with those of an abbot . The office was elective , the choice being by the secret votes of the sisters from their own body . The abbess was solemnly admitted to her office by episcopal ...
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