Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, with Maps and Numerous Wood Engravings, Volume 6Collier, 1887 |
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... employed : ( 1. ) The black oxide ( or binoxide ) of manganese ( MnO , ) is much employed as a source of this gas . The mineral is reduced to small pieces of about the size of a pea , and introduced into an iron bottle , with a pipe ...
... employed : ( 1. ) The black oxide ( or binoxide ) of manganese ( MnO , ) is much employed as a source of this gas . The mineral is reduced to small pieces of about the size of a pea , and introduced into an iron bottle , with a pipe ...
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... employed . Winds . - The trade winds of the Pacific have certain peculiar- ities , which have only lately been discovered . In general , they are not found to preserve their peculiar characteristics except within certain limits , thus ...
... employed . Winds . - The trade winds of the Pacific have certain peculiar- ities , which have only lately been discovered . In general , they are not found to preserve their peculiar characteristics except within certain limits , thus ...
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... employed in the service of a royal or noble personage . The practice of employing youths of noble birth in personal attendance on the sovereign , existed in early times among the Persians , and was revived in the middle ages under ...
... employed in the service of a royal or noble personage . The practice of employing youths of noble birth in personal attendance on the sovereign , existed in early times among the Persians , and was revived in the middle ages under ...
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... employed to fix and give brilliancy and depth to the colors , heat being applied in working with it . Painting was revived in Europe in the 13th c .; previous to that period , Byzantine artists chiefly were employed . On the conquest of ...
... employed to fix and give brilliancy and depth to the colors , heat being applied in working with it . Painting was revived in Europe in the 13th c .; previous to that period , Byzantine artists chiefly were employed . On the conquest of ...
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... employed by the court country was naturally influenced by and became assimilated to and the nobles . Henry VIII . competed with Francis I. for the that of the former . America may , however , justly take credit services of the greatest ...
... employed by the court country was naturally influenced by and became assimilated to and the nobles . Henry VIII . competed with Francis I. for the that of the former . America may , however , justly take credit services of the greatest ...
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