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 3897
... term in a sort of mixed sense , at least until we come to discuss the different theories which have been devised to account for the propagation of the agent which causes vision . Then we shall have to use the term entirely in the ...
... term in a sort of mixed sense , at least until we come to discuss the different theories which have been devised to account for the propagation of the agent which causes vision . Then we shall have to use the term entirely in the ...
Page 3904
... term is not accurate , for Liguori was in no sense the founder of the school , nor did he innovate upon , develop , or exagger- ate its principles and maxims . Alfonso Maria de ' Liguori , son of Giuseppe de ' Liguori , a Neapolitan ...
... term is not accurate , for Liguori was in no sense the founder of the school , nor did he innovate upon , develop , or exagger- ate its principles and maxims . Alfonso Maria de ' Liguori , son of Giuseppe de ' Liguori , a Neapolitan ...
Page 3908
... term of limestone . This name , however , is understood to exclude chalk , a soft , amorphous variety which , according to Ehre .. consists mainly of Foraminifera shells . All limesto .. contain at least traces of magnesia . When this ...
... term of limestone . This name , however , is understood to exclude chalk , a soft , amorphous variety which , according to Ehre .. consists mainly of Foraminifera shells . All limesto .. contain at least traces of magnesia . When this ...
Page 3917
... terms were rejected by the Confederate commissioners , and the interview was barren of result . The year 1864 saw Lincoln's first term nearing its end , and the Democratic party making desperate efforts to regain the prestige it had ...
... terms were rejected by the Confederate commissioners , and the interview was barren of result . The year 1864 saw Lincoln's first term nearing its end , and the Democratic party making desperate efforts to regain the prestige it had ...
Page 3938
... term afterward adopted by Cuvier , and almost universally accepted by systematic zoologists , although there has been of late a disposition to revive the earlier name . The animals of the genus Auchenia or Lama are , with the two ...
... term afterward adopted by Cuvier , and almost universally accepted by systematic zoologists , although there has been of late a disposition to revive the earlier name . The animals of the genus Auchenia or Lama are , with the two ...
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