Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 4W. and R. Chambers, 1868 |
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... chiefly either longitudinal , and divided The head in elephants is large ; the neck is short and thick , the long flexible proboscis compensating both for the shortness of the neck , and for the inflexi- bility caused by the largely ...
... chiefly either longitudinal , and divided The head in elephants is large ; the neck is short and thick , the long flexible proboscis compensating both for the shortness of the neck , and for the inflexi- bility caused by the largely ...
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... chiefly of that variety of dentine called IVORY ( q . v . ) , and continue to grow - like the incisors of the rodents , to which they are in some respects analogous - even when the animal has B C 2 5 H F E 1 , elephant drinking ; 2 ...
... chiefly of that variety of dentine called IVORY ( q . v . ) , and continue to grow - like the incisors of the rodents , to which they are in some respects analogous - even when the animal has B C 2 5 H F E 1 , elephant drinking ; 2 ...
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... chiefly due to the sacred character of the country , as the seat of the greatest of the national festivals . Their prerogative of hold- ing the Olympic games gave the Eleans a prestige which they continued to enjoy in greater or less ...
... chiefly due to the sacred character of the country , as the seat of the greatest of the national festivals . Their prerogative of hold- ing the Olympic games gave the Eleans a prestige which they continued to enjoy in greater or less ...
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... chiefly as the main thoroughfare between New Mexico and Mexico Proper . Kilmore in 1833 . ELPHINSTONE , WILLIAM , a celebrated Scot- tish prelate , and founder of King's College , Aberdeen , was born in the year 1430 or 1431. He was the ...
... chiefly as the main thoroughfare between New Mexico and Mexico Proper . Kilmore in 1833 . ELPHINSTONE , WILLIAM , a celebrated Scot- tish prelate , and founder of King's College , Aberdeen , was born in the year 1430 or 1431. He was the ...
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... chiefly consists of black earth and turf , and , where well drained by innu- merable artificial canals and ditches , it produces fine crops of hemp , flax , wheat , oats , and cole seed . Over it are interspersed small eminences ...
... chiefly consists of black earth and turf , and , where well drained by innu- merable artificial canals and ditches , it produces fine crops of hemp , flax , wheat , oats , and cole seed . Over it are interspersed small eminences ...
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