Americanized Encyclopaedia Britannica: Revised and Amended : a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature to which is Added Biographies of Living Subjects, 96 Colored Maps and Numerous Illustrations, Volume 7Belford-Clarke Company, 1890 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 3870
... complete encyclopaedia of religion and science . But they did not forbid speculation , or a wider develop- ment of the principles contained in them . So there arose a great mass of literature in the shape of exposition and commentary ...
... complete encyclopaedia of religion and science . But they did not forbid speculation , or a wider develop- ment of the principles contained in them . So there arose a great mass of literature in the shape of exposition and commentary ...
Page 3876
... complete . The number of biblio- graphical rarities was largely increased by the incorpo- ration of the valuable collection formed by the well- known bibliographer Don Luis de Usoz . There are 30,000 MSS . , contained in 10,000 volumes ...
... complete . The number of biblio- graphical rarities was largely increased by the incorpo- ration of the valuable collection formed by the well- known bibliographer Don Luis de Usoz . There are 30,000 MSS . , contained in 10,000 volumes ...
Page 3892
... complete record of the distribution of species is that bones of reindeer and whales , old leather , iron and glass , in given by the same author in his Enumération générale districts where the species are abundant . Consequently des ...
... complete record of the distribution of species is that bones of reindeer and whales , old leather , iron and glass , in given by the same author in his Enumération générale districts where the species are abundant . Consequently des ...
Page 3895
... complete and swift is the process that a filled boat frees herself in about half a minute . This principle was first applied by the institu- tion in 1851. Lifeboats devoid of the self - discharging quality become temporarily useless ...
... complete and swift is the process that a filled boat frees herself in about half a minute . This principle was first applied by the institu- tion in 1851. Lifeboats devoid of the self - discharging quality become temporarily useless ...
Page 3899
... complete circle ; if in a longer period , we only see at once such a part of it as was described in of a second . Connected with this is the remarkable result obtained experimentally by Swan , that the amount of sensation is , for ...
... complete circle ; if in a longer period , we only see at once such a part of it as was described in of a second . Connected with this is the remarkable result obtained experimentally by Swan , that the amount of sensation is , for ...
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