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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... Natural and Physical Science to Literature , History , and Philosophy , it may be noted that many sections of knowledge ... nature and human life are the great objects of inquiry in these departments . Man , in his indi- vidual powers ...
... Natural and Physical Science to Literature , History , and Philosophy , it may be noted that many sections of knowledge ... nature and human life are the great objects of inquiry in these departments . Man , in his indi- vidual powers ...
Page ix
... Natural Selection . " ACHILLES . A. STUART MURRAY , British Museum , London . ACHIN . Col. HENRY YULE , C.B. , F.R.G.S. , Author of " The Book of Marco Polo . " ACOUSTICS . DAVID THOMSON , M.A. , late Professor of Natural Philosophy ...
... Natural Selection . " ACHILLES . A. STUART MURRAY , British Museum , London . ACHIN . Col. HENRY YULE , C.B. , F.R.G.S. , Author of " The Book of Marco Polo . " ACOUSTICS . DAVID THOMSON , M.A. , late Professor of Natural Philosophy ...
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... nature but by art . As a technical painter he attained remarkable success , his tone being very harmonious and even , but the effect , to a foreigner's eye , is rarely interesting . His works are scarcely known out of Copenhagen , where ...
... nature but by art . As a technical painter he attained remarkable success , his tone being very harmonious and even , but the effect , to a foreigner's eye , is rarely interesting . His works are scarcely known out of Copenhagen , where ...
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... nature of the confession . At first the priest acted ministerially as an intercessory , using the formula absolutionis precativa or deprecativa , which consisted of the words : Dominus absolvat te - Misereatur tui omnipotens Deus et ...
... nature of the confession . At first the priest acted ministerially as an intercessory , using the formula absolutionis precativa or deprecativa , which consisted of the words : Dominus absolvat te - Misereatur tui omnipotens Deus et ...
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... nature of the " natural law " as regarding that of the concept . Some affirm that the law is brought ready - made by the mind and superinduced on the facts ; others , that it is never in any sense more than a mere mental conception ...
... nature of the " natural law " as regarding that of the concept . Some affirm that the law is brought ready - made by the mind and superinduced on the facts ; others , that it is never in any sense more than a mere mental conception ...
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