The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature: A - Ana, 2. köideBlack, 1853 - 840 pages |
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... whole surface of the roadways have been laid with concrete and causewayed with well - dressed whinstone pavement . The drainage also consists entirely of glazed earthenware tubes , so that the whole area of the buildings is rendered ...
... whole surface of the roadways have been laid with concrete and causewayed with well - dressed whinstone pavement . The drainage also consists entirely of glazed earthenware tubes , so that the whole area of the buildings is rendered ...
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... whole solar system , as the late Dr Herschel and other astronomers have attempted to prove , be advancing forward among the stars . Since , however , no such effect has ever been noticed , it would seem to follow , that the stars , as ...
... whole solar system , as the late Dr Herschel and other astronomers have attempted to prove , be advancing forward among the stars . Since , however , no such effect has ever been noticed , it would seem to follow , that the stars , as ...
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... whole having dis- appeared , and the earth closed over it . These and many other histories , attested by the authors of greatest credit among the ancients , abundantly prove the fact in the earlier ages . ( KIRCHER'S Mund . Subter . , p ...
... whole having dis- appeared , and the earth closed over it . These and many other histories , attested by the authors of greatest credit among the ancients , abundantly prove the fact in the earlier ages . ( KIRCHER'S Mund . Subter . , p ...
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... whole body , corrected many of its abuses , and infused a new vigour and spirit into their researches . By her Majesty's particular recommendation the most ingenious professors visited the various provinces of her vast dominions ; and ...
... whole body , corrected many of its abuses , and infused a new vigour and spirit into their researches . By her Majesty's particular recommendation the most ingenious professors visited the various provinces of her vast dominions ; and ...
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... whole it descends 20 feet in the second interval . In the same manner , during the third interval it would descend 30 feet , and during the fourth 40 , and so on ; the space described in each second thus increasing regularly with the ...
... whole it descends 20 feet in the second interval . In the same manner , during the third interval it would descend 30 feet , and during the fourth 40 , and so on ; the space described in each second thus increasing regularly with the ...
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