The New International Encyclopæeia, Volume 11Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby Dodd, Mead, 1909 |
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... tion of the vices and absurdities of the time ( this work was finished in Italy , whither the author went in 1767 when the expulsion of his Order from Spain doomed him to expatriation , and still remains unedited ) ; the Juventud ...
... tion of the vices and absurdities of the time ( this work was finished in Italy , whither the author went in 1767 when the expulsion of his Order from Spain doomed him to expatriation , and still remains unedited ) ; the Juventud ...
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... tion , is the same . The isogonic lines , together with the isodynamic and isoclinic lines , when drawn on globes or maps , give a complete presentation of the magnetic state of the globe , as manifested at the earth's surface . These ...
... tion , is the same . The isogonic lines , together with the isodynamic and isoclinic lines , when drawn on globes or maps , give a complete presentation of the magnetic state of the globe , as manifested at the earth's surface . These ...
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... tion . This temperature is called the ' critical ' temperature . In ISOTHERMAL LINES , or ISOTHERMS . meteorology , lines that connect places having the same temperature for a day , month , or for any given interval of time . Systems of ...
... tion . This temperature is called the ' critical ' temperature . In ISOTHERMAL LINES , or ISOTHERMS . meteorology , lines that connect places having the same temperature for a day , month , or for any given interval of time . Systems of ...
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... tion of 30,000 , which was reduced through perse- cution to about 2000. It has a number of Chris- tian churches and several schools . The popula- tion of Ispahan is estimated at from 60,000 to 80.000 . Ispahan is said by Persian writers ...
... tion of 30,000 , which was reduced through perse- cution to about 2000. It has a number of Chris- tian churches and several schools . The popula- tion of Ispahan is estimated at from 60,000 to 80.000 . Ispahan is said by Persian writers ...
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... tion of original diphthongs , a close resemblance to Umbrian . In other respects , Marsian seems to have been very similar to Pælignian and Mar- rucinian . ÆQUIAN . Of the dialects of the Equi , who centred around Cliternia and Nerea ...
... tion of original diphthongs , a close resemblance to Umbrian . In other respects , Marsian seems to have been very similar to Pælignian and Mar- rucinian . ÆQUIAN . Of the dialects of the Equi , who centred around Cliternia and Nerea ...
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