5000 Facts and Fancies: A Cyclopaedia of Important, Curious, Quaint, and Unique Information in History, Literature, Science, Art, and Nature ...G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1901 - 816 Seiten |
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... British Association in 1870 , in lieu of the less accurate ex- pression , spontaneous generation . ' The doctrine of abiogenesis is not gen- See erally accepted by scientists . Abélard Biogenesis . afterwards married Héloïse - some say ...
... British Association in 1870 , in lieu of the less accurate ex- pression , spontaneous generation . ' The doctrine of abiogenesis is not gen- See erally accepted by scientists . Abélard Biogenesis . afterwards married Héloïse - some say ...
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... British Mu- seum in 1837. A similar tablet , but more complete , was discovered in 1865 by Mariette , the famous French Egyp- tologist . It is now in Paris . Academic School of Philosophy . A school of philosophy founded by Plato the ...
... British Mu- seum in 1837. A similar tablet , but more complete , was discovered in 1865 by Mariette , the famous French Egyp- tologist . It is now in Paris . Academic School of Philosophy . A school of philosophy founded by Plato the ...
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... British Museum . See Ephraem Codex ; Sinaitic Codex ; Vatican Codex . Alexandrian Library . This most famous library of antiquity was founded at Alexandria , Egypt , by Ptolemy So- ter ( 323-283 B.C. ) . His successor , Ptolemy ...
... British Museum . See Ephraem Codex ; Sinaitic Codex ; Vatican Codex . Alexandrian Library . This most famous library of antiquity was founded at Alexandria , Egypt , by Ptolemy So- ter ( 323-283 B.C. ) . His successor , Ptolemy ...
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... British . Amaranth . A leading genus of the order Amaranthacea , -famous from early times as a symbol of immortality , because the red bracts that surround the flowers retain their freshness long after they have been gathered . The word ...
... British . Amaranth . A leading genus of the order Amaranthacea , -famous from early times as a symbol of immortality , because the red bracts that surround the flowers retain their freshness long after they have been gathered . The word ...
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... British bishop , who converted the Picts living south of the Grampian Hills , during the 5th century . Apostle of the Sword . An epithet conferred upon Mohammed ( 570-632 A.D. ) , because he enforced the religion of Islam at the point ...
... British bishop , who converted the Picts living south of the Grampian Hills , during the 5th century . Apostle of the Sword . An epithet conferred upon Mohammed ( 570-632 A.D. ) , because he enforced the religion of Islam at the point ...
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