The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature, Science, History, Geography, Commerce, Biography, Discovery and Invention, Volume 9Werner Company, 1907 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... FISH . ALBERT GUNTHER , M.D. , Ph.D. , F.R.S. , Brit ish Museum . FOOTBALL . H. F. WILKINSON , one of the editors of the " Field . " FOOTE . A. W. WARD , Professor of English Literature , Owens College , Manchester . FORAMINIFERA . Dr ...
... FISH . ALBERT GUNTHER , M.D. , Ph.D. , F.R.S. , Brit ish Museum . FOOTBALL . H. F. WILKINSON , one of the editors of the " Field . " FOOTE . A. W. WARD , Professor of English Literature , Owens College , Manchester . FORAMINIFERA . Dr ...
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... Fish .... 141 Freiburg in Baden , Plan of .. Filter ( 6 Descriptive Cuts ) .. 147 , 148 Frogs Fir Trees ... 193 Fungus ( 8 Descriptive Cuts ) Fire Extinction ( 4 Descriptive Cuts ) .. 205 , 206 Furnace ( 14 Descriptive Cuts ) . Fishing ...
... Fish .... 141 Freiburg in Baden , Plan of .. Filter ( 6 Descriptive Cuts ) .. 147 , 148 Frogs Fir Trees ... 193 Fungus ( 8 Descriptive Cuts ) Fire Extinction ( 4 Descriptive Cuts ) .. 205 , 206 Furnace ( 14 Descriptive Cuts ) . Fishing ...
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... fishing excursions , or making their " pas- sage . " A heron found at his feeding place at a brook or pond affords no sport whatever . If there be little water any peregrine falcon that will go straight at him will seize him soon after ...
... fishing excursions , or making their " pas- sage . " A heron found at his feeding place at a brook or pond affords no sport whatever . If there be little water any peregrine falcon that will go straight at him will seize him soon after ...
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... fish . Falmouth along with Penryn returns two members to parliament . The population of the municipal borough in 1871 was 5294 . FALSE POINT , a land - locked harbor in the Cuttack district of Orissa , situated in 20 ° 20 ′ N. lat . and ...
... fish . Falmouth along with Penryn returns two members to parliament . The population of the municipal borough in 1871 was 5294 . FALSE POINT , a land - locked harbor in the Cuttack district of Orissa , situated in 20 ° 20 ′ N. lat . and ...
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... fish that , after all my labor , I may at last pull up . " This was his first successful experiment . In nine more days of experimenting he had arrived at the results described in his first series of " Experimental Researches " read to ...
... fish that , after all my labor , I may at last pull up . " This was his first successful experiment . In nine more days of experimenting he had arrived at the results described in his first series of " Experimental Researches " read to ...
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