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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... effect the contemplated reform until the time of Napoleon I. The evil had then reached a terribly aggravated form . Slaughter - houses abutted on many of the principal thorough- fares ; the traffic was impeded by the constant arrival of ...
... effect the contemplated reform until the time of Napoleon I. The evil had then reached a terribly aggravated form . Slaughter - houses abutted on many of the principal thorough- fares ; the traffic was impeded by the constant arrival of ...
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... effect this , the booths are laid with thick well - dressed pavement , resting on a stratum of concrete 12 inches thick , and the walls , to the height of 7 feet , are formed of solid ashlar ; the roadways , too , are laid with concrete ...
... effect this , the booths are laid with thick well - dressed pavement , resting on a stratum of concrete 12 inches thick , and the walls , to the height of 7 feet , are formed of solid ashlar ; the roadways , too , are laid with concrete ...
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... effect in healing , the breach in the Established Church of Scotland which occurred in 1843. On the defeat of Lord Derby's government in 1852 , the state of parties was such as to necessitate a coalition government , of which Lord Aber ...
... effect in healing , the breach in the Established Church of Scotland which occurred in 1843. On the defeat of Lord Derby's government in 1852 , the state of parties was such as to necessitate a coalition government , of which Lord Aber ...
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... their true places in the heavens . It results from the eye of the observer being carried onwards by the motion of the earth on its orbit , during the time that light takes to travel from the star to the earth . The effect A BE - A BE 47.
... their true places in the heavens . It results from the eye of the observer being carried onwards by the motion of the earth on its orbit , during the time that light takes to travel from the star to the earth . The effect A BE - A BE 47.
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... effect of this com- bination of motions may be best explained by a familiar illus- tration . Suppose a rain - drop falling vertically is received in a tube that has a lateral motion . In order that the drop may fall freely down the axis ...
... effect of this com- bination of motions may be best explained by a familiar illus- tration . Suppose a rain - drop falling vertically is received in a tube that has a lateral motion . In order that the drop may fall freely down the axis ...
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