The Columbian Cyclopedia, Volume 30Garretson, Cox, 1897 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... nature abhors a vacuum , ' and after the limit of 32 ft . was ascertained , the law was modified accordingly by Galileo . T. , wishing to perform this experiment more conveniently , employed mercury , and found that nature's abhorrence ...
... nature abhors a vacuum , ' and after the limit of 32 ft . was ascertained , the law was modified accordingly by Galileo . T. , wishing to perform this experiment more conveniently , employed mercury , and found that nature's abhorrence ...
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... nature to be able to decide whether or not he can drink without in time becoming bound in the chains of habit . Great emphasis is laid on the evil effects which the ex- ample of moderate ' drinking is believed to exert upon the young ...
... nature to be able to decide whether or not he can drink without in time becoming bound in the chains of habit . Great emphasis is laid on the evil effects which the ex- ample of moderate ' drinking is believed to exert upon the young ...
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... natural part of the vital process , the retarda- tion of either would be injurious , not beneficial . So far as any results have been reached from the controversy , they may be safely said to be comprised in the statement by Dr. Willard ...
... natural part of the vital process , the retarda- tion of either would be injurious , not beneficial . So far as any results have been reached from the controversy , they may be safely said to be comprised in the statement by Dr. Willard ...
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... natural heat of the body . It has been shown by Prof. Weber that if the fingers or the lips be immersed for half a minute or a min- ute in water heated to 125 ° , or cooled to 32 ° , the power of distinguishing between a hot or cold ...
... natural heat of the body . It has been shown by Prof. Weber that if the fingers or the lips be immersed for half a minute or a min- ute in water heated to 125 ° , or cooled to 32 ° , the power of distinguishing between a hot or cold ...
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... nature of those buildings nothing is known . During the reigns of the first two Norman kings , the Tower seems to have been used as a fortress merely . In Henry I.'s time it was already a state prison . That monarch and his successors ...
... nature of those buildings nothing is known . During the reigns of the first two Norman kings , the Tower seems to have been used as a fortress merely . In Henry I.'s time it was already a state prison . That monarch and his successors ...
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