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 3875
... less extensive ) , to which the public have free access , the Bibliothèque | de l'Arsenal being the largest of them . Germany ( with Austria and Switzerland ) .— Germany is emphatically the home of large libraries ; her want of ...
... less extensive ) , to which the public have free access , the Bibliothèque | de l'Arsenal being the largest of them . Germany ( with Austria and Switzerland ) .— Germany is emphatically the home of large libraries ; her want of ...
Page 3904
... less degree by the arc sys- tem . The incandescent system is applied to hotels , theaters , and public buildings generally , and is deservedly a favorite as an adjunct to artistic decoration as well as a safe and efficient illuminant ...
... less degree by the arc sys- tem . The incandescent system is applied to hotels , theaters , and public buildings generally , and is deservedly a favorite as an adjunct to artistic decoration as well as a safe and efficient illuminant ...
Page 3909
... less elevated mountains composed of volcanic rocks . The Shannon is navigable to Limerick , above which are the rapids of Doonas and Castleroy . The Maig , which rises in the Galtees , and flows into the Shannon , is navigable as far as ...
... less elevated mountains composed of volcanic rocks . The Shannon is navigable to Limerick , above which are the rapids of Doonas and Castleroy . The Maig , which rises in the Galtees , and flows into the Shannon , is navigable as far as ...
Page 3911
... less than four years the stern logic of. county was conquered about 70 A.D. , and formed part of the province of Flavia Cæsariensis . The tribes which occupied Lincolnshire , according to Ptolemy , were the Coritani , who had Lindum and ...
... less than four years the stern logic of. county was conquered about 70 A.D. , and formed part of the province of Flavia Cæsariensis . The tribes which occupied Lincolnshire , according to Ptolemy , were the Coritani , who had Lindum and ...
Page 3918
... less than a round stick or rod of wood about twelve inches in length , tapering toward each extremity , and having at its upper end a notch or slit into which the yarn might be caught or fixed . In general , a ring er " whorl " of stone ...
... less than a round stick or rod of wood about twelve inches in length , tapering toward each extremity , and having at its upper end a notch or slit into which the yarn might be caught or fixed . In general , a ring er " whorl " of stone ...
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