The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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Page 94
... give such a light by phosphorescence or fluorescence as by ignition , and it seems more probable that the light may be due to chemical action . It is assumed by Angström that water vapour is necessarily absent in the higher atmosphere ...
... give such a light by phosphorescence or fluorescence as by ignition , and it seems more probable that the light may be due to chemical action . It is assumed by Angström that water vapour is necessarily absent in the higher atmosphere ...
Page 96
... give some idea of the extent of magnetic perturba- tions , we may mention that during the aurora of 13th May 1869 ... gives a catalogue of forty - six cases of such movement , of which thirty- one were from E. to W. and only fifteen in ...
... give some idea of the extent of magnetic perturba- tions , we may mention that during the aurora of 13th May 1869 ... gives a catalogue of forty - six cases of such movement , of which thirty- one were from E. to W. and only fifteen in ...
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... give interesting details concerning his relations and literary friends ; the Epistolæ ; and , finally , the Idyllia , a collection of twenty small poems , the most famous of which are the Cento Nuptialis , a selection of obscene lines ...
... give interesting details concerning his relations and literary friends ; the Epistolæ ; and , finally , the Idyllia , a collection of twenty small poems , the most famous of which are the Cento Nuptialis , a selection of obscene lines ...
Page 128
... give up Hanover , Hesse , Brunswick , and the whole country between the Weser and the Rhine , to the French . The other French army effected a union with the imperial troops of Thu- ringia , and made preparations for driving the ...
... give up Hanover , Hesse , Brunswick , and the whole country between the Weser and the Rhine , to the French . The other French army effected a union with the imperial troops of Thu- ringia , and made preparations for driving the ...
Page 135
... give battle , which he did the next day . He was then able to muster 130,000 men , while the allies numbered about 160,000 . The fight was maintained for some time with great bravery on both sides , but at length a body of French troops ...
... give battle , which he did the next day . He was then able to muster 130,000 men , while the allies numbered about 160,000 . The fight was maintained for some time with great bravery on both sides , but at length a body of French troops ...
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