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... Scotland . The specimens found at Elie are popularly called Elie Rubies . PYRO'PHORUS ( from the Gr . pyr , fire , and phero , I bear ) is a term applied to any substances which take fire from the rapidity with which they are oxidised ...
... Scotland . The specimens found at Elie are popularly called Elie Rubies . PYRO'PHORUS ( from the Gr . pyr , fire , and phero , I bear ) is a term applied to any substances which take fire from the rapidity with which they are oxidised ...
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... Scotland , there are what are called two legal terms in each year , and two conventional terms , the latter being only adopted when expressly so agreed . The legal terms are Whitsunday , May 15 , and Martinmas , November 11 ; and the ...
... Scotland , there are what are called two legal terms in each year , and two conventional terms , the latter being only adopted when expressly so agreed . The legal terms are Whitsunday , May 15 , and Martinmas , November 11 ; and the ...
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... Scotland , there is also a Court of Quarter Sessions of the peace , held four times a year at the county town - viz . , on the first Tuesdays in May , August , and March , and the last Tuesday in October . At these courts , the justices ...
... Scotland , there is also a Court of Quarter Sessions of the peace , held four times a year at the county town - viz . , on the first Tuesdays in May , August , and March , and the last Tuesday in October . At these courts , the justices ...
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... Scotland , and Ireland , arranged as a cross , and separated by fleurs - de - lis . Those with sunk letters are less frequently met with - some of which have for obverse Peace on a car , others Britannia under a canopy . A few of them ...
... Scotland , and Ireland , arranged as a cross , and separated by fleurs - de - lis . Those with sunk letters are less frequently met with - some of which have for obverse Peace on a car , others Britannia under a canopy . A few of them ...
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... Scotland . The remains of querns have been dug up in Britain , Ireland , and Continental Europe , wherever the traces of ancient population are to be found . They occur in the Scottish Weems ( q . v . ) , or cyclopean underground ...
... Scotland . The remains of querns have been dug up in Britain , Ireland , and Continental Europe , wherever the traces of ancient population are to be found . They occur in the Scottish Weems ( q . v . ) , or cyclopean underground ...
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