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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... direction FC . The F E B A light proceeding from a star is not seen in its true direc- tion , but strikes the eye obliquely , for a precisely similar reason . If lines be taken to represent the motions , so that the eye is carried from ...
... direction FC . The F E B A light proceeding from a star is not seen in its true direc- tion , but strikes the eye obliquely , for a precisely similar reason . If lines be taken to represent the motions , so that the eye is carried from ...
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... directions for the proper use of the charm are given in the Præcepta de Medicina of Serenus Sammonicus . The paper on ... direction of Canaan . Abram had married his half - sister Sarai , who was ten years younger than himself ; and ...
... directions for the proper use of the charm are given in the Præcepta de Medicina of Serenus Sammonicus . The paper on ... direction of Canaan . Abram had married his half - sister Sarai , who was ten years younger than himself ; and ...
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... direction towards the Red Sea , is lost in Lake Aussa , lat . 11 ° 25 ' N. , long . 41 ° 40 ′ E. The principal lake of Abyssinia is the Dembea , which lies between 11 ° 30 ′ and 12 ° 30 ′ N. lat . , and 37 ° and 37 ° 35 ′ E. long ...
... direction towards the Red Sea , is lost in Lake Aussa , lat . 11 ° 25 ' N. , long . 41 ° 40 ′ E. The principal lake of Abyssinia is the Dembea , which lies between 11 ° 30 ′ and 12 ° 30 ′ N. lat . , and 37 ° and 37 ° 35 ′ E. long ...
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... direction of the ministry , the immediate superintendence over all the establishments for public instruction in the kingdom of Bavaria . The Privy- Councillor Jacobi , a man of most excellent character , and of considerable scientific ...
... direction of the ministry , the immediate superintendence over all the establishments for public instruction in the kingdom of Bavaria . The Privy- Councillor Jacobi , a man of most excellent character , and of considerable scientific ...
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... direction of Baron Korf ; but upon his death , towards the end of Anne's reign , an ignorant person being appointed president , many of the most able members quitted Russia . At the accession of Elizabeth , however , new life and vigour ...
... direction of Baron Korf ; but upon his death , towards the end of Anne's reign , an ignorant person being appointed president , many of the most able members quitted Russia . At the accession of Elizabeth , however , new life and vigour ...
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