Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People ...Appleton, 1864 |
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... remains of this building by Lepsius has , however , shewn that the city was founded by Amenemha I. , of the twelfth Egyptian dynasty , about 1800 B. C. , and that this monarch was probably buried in it , while the pyramid and south ...
... remains of this building by Lepsius has , however , shewn that the city was founded by Amenemha I. , of the twelfth Egyptian dynasty , about 1800 B. C. , and that this monarch was probably buried in it , while the pyramid and south ...
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... remains of several species have been described , but all so fragmentary , that no certain restoration of the genus can yet be made . The head was triangular , Labyrinthodon Pachygnatus . having a crocodilian appearance both in the shape ...
... remains of several species have been described , but all so fragmentary , that no certain restoration of the genus can yet be made . The head was triangular , Labyrinthodon Pachygnatus . having a crocodilian appearance both in the shape ...
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... remains shut up in the cells with the other results of decomposition . The small twigs , when well covered , are gathered by the natives , and are placed in hot water , which melts the resinous matter , liberates the pieces of wood and ...
... remains shut up in the cells with the other results of decomposition . The small twigs , when well covered , are gathered by the natives , and are placed in hot water , which melts the resinous matter , liberates the pieces of wood and ...
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... remains permanently dilated , and a cure is effected in a few months . It is ( whose country was called Laconia ) , systematically LACO'NIC . The Spartans , or Lacedæmonians endeavoured to contine themselves to a sententious brevity in ...
... remains permanently dilated , and a cure is effected in a few months . It is ( whose country was called Laconia ) , systematically LACO'NIC . The Spartans , or Lacedæmonians endeavoured to contine themselves to a sententious brevity in ...
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... remains both Roman and Moorish . Pop . 9500 . antennæ are flattened into lamella , which are some- times disposed like the leaves of a fan , sometimes like teeth of a comb . Many of the L. feed on decaying animal or vegetable matter ...
... remains both Roman and Moorish . Pop . 9500 . antennæ are flattened into lamella , which are some- times disposed like the leaves of a fan , sometimes like teeth of a comb . Many of the L. feed on decaying animal or vegetable matter ...
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