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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... extended exposition helped to secure the services of the more independent and productive minds who were engaged in advancing their own departments of scientific inquiry . As a natural result , the work , while surveying in outline the ...
... extended exposition helped to secure the services of the more independent and productive minds who were engaged in advancing their own departments of scientific inquiry . As a natural result , the work , while surveying in outline the ...
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... extended illustra- tion in many fresh directions . Mechanical invention has , indeed , so kept pace with the progress of science , that in almost every department of physics improved machines and processes have to be described , as well ...
... extended illustra- tion in many fresh directions . Mechanical invention has , indeed , so kept pace with the progress of science , that in almost every department of physics improved machines and processes have to be described , as well ...
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... extended his empire beyond the Euphrates ; Achmed I. was forced to cede Shirwan and Kurdistan in 1611 ; the united armies of the Turks and Tartars were completely defeated near Sultanieh in 1618 , and Abbas made peace on very favourable ...
... extended his empire beyond the Euphrates ; Achmed I. was forced to cede Shirwan and Kurdistan in 1611 ; the united armies of the Turks and Tartars were completely defeated near Sultanieh in 1618 , and Abbas made peace on very favourable ...
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... extended itself to the churches and other buildings erected by them . The characteristic of the Cistercian abbeys ... extend over it . These valleys , now so rich and productive , wore a very different aspect when the brethren first ...
... extended itself to the churches and other buildings erected by them . The characteristic of the Cistercian abbeys ... extend over it . These valleys , now so rich and productive , wore a very different aspect when the brethren first ...
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... the cloisters , serving as cellars and store - rooms , and supporting the dormitory of the conversi above . This building extended across the river . At its S.W. corner were the necessaries ( V ) , also 18 [ CISTERCIAN . ABBEY.
... the cloisters , serving as cellars and store - rooms , and supporting the dormitory of the conversi above . This building extended across the river . At its S.W. corner were the necessaries ( V ) , also 18 [ CISTERCIAN . ABBEY.
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