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... taken place between Denmark and Sweden , P. was detained as a prisoner in the Danish capital . The power of his mind here shewed itself in a remarkable manner . Deprived of books and of society , he threw himself vigorously into ...
... taken place between Denmark and Sweden , P. was detained as a prisoner in the Danish capital . The power of his mind here shewed itself in a remarkable manner . Deprived of books and of society , he threw himself vigorously into ...
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... taken by means of a noose at the end of a rod . Their food consists of small crustaceans and fishes . -Other species are found in different parts of the world ; one in Kamtchatka , the Kurile Islands , & c . , with two silky tufts of ...
... taken by means of a noose at the end of a rod . Their food consists of small crustaceans and fishes . -Other species are found in different parts of the world ; one in Kamtchatka , the Kurile Islands , & c . , with two silky tufts of ...
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... taken from an equal number of males and females , and the pulsations taken in the sitting position . The influence of sex is very considerable , especially in adult age , the pulse of the adult female exceeding in frequency that of the ...
... taken from an equal number of males and females , and the pulsations taken in the sitting position . The influence of sex is very considerable , especially in adult age , the pulse of the adult female exceeding in frequency that of the ...
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... taken place in the water at the foot of the suction - pipe . The surface of the water at H is pressed upon by the weight of the atmosphere with a pressure of about 15 lbs . on every square inch ; and by the laws of fluid- pressure , if ...
... taken place in the water at the foot of the suction - pipe . The surface of the water at H is pressed upon by the weight of the atmosphere with a pressure of about 15 lbs . on every square inch ; and by the laws of fluid- pressure , if ...
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... taken perhaps from the Oscan Atellana ; and the Italian name is pretty evidently a diminutive of pollice , the thumb - Tom Thumb ( the dwarfs of northern mythology are sometimes styled däumling , thumkins ) . The English name Punch is ...
... taken perhaps from the Oscan Atellana ; and the Italian name is pretty evidently a diminutive of pollice , the thumb - Tom Thumb ( the dwarfs of northern mythology are sometimes styled däumling , thumkins ) . The English name Punch is ...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 8 Affichage du livre entier - 1868 |
Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 8 Affichage du livre entier - 1896 |
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