The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 2Encyclopedia Britannica Company, 1910 |
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... hand is apt to cut through the outermost coat of the artery at the wrist ( radial ) and thus to cause a local weakening of the tube which is gradually followed by dilatation . Also when an artery is wounded and the wound in the skin and ...
... hand is apt to cut through the outermost coat of the artery at the wrist ( radial ) and thus to cause a local weakening of the tube which is gradually followed by dilatation . Also when an artery is wounded and the wound in the skin and ...
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... hand - fishing , in which no float is used and the angler trusts to his hand to feel the bite of a fish . In most cases either method can be adopted and it is a matter of taste , but broadly speaking the float - tackle is more suited to ...
... hand - fishing , in which no float is used and the angler trusts to his hand to feel the bite of a fish . In most cases either method can be adopted and it is a matter of taste , but broadly speaking the float - tackle is more suited to ...
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... hand infor- mation . Similarly , Wace in his Roman de Rou et des ducs de Normandie ( ed . Andresen , Heilbronn , 1877-1879 , 2 vols . ) , written 1160-1174 , stops at the battle of Tinchebray in 1107 just before the period for which he ...
... hand infor- mation . Similarly , Wace in his Roman de Rou et des ducs de Normandie ( ed . Andresen , Heilbronn , 1877-1879 , 2 vols . ) , written 1160-1174 , stops at the battle of Tinchebray in 1107 just before the period for which he ...
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... hand , the acts of Alfred , Edward the Elder , Æthelstan and Edgar on the other , a resemblance called forth less by direct borrowing of Frankish institutions than by the similarity of political problems and condition . Frankish law ...
... hand , the acts of Alfred , Edward the Elder , Æthelstan and Edgar on the other , a resemblance called forth less by direct borrowing of Frankish institutions than by the similarity of political problems and condition . Frankish law ...
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... hand , though many species of serpent are found , there does not appear to be any species of cult unless we include the Warramunga cult of the mythical Wollunqua totem animal , whom they seek to placate by rites . In Africa the chief ...
... hand , though many species of serpent are found , there does not appear to be any species of cult unless we include the Warramunga cult of the mythical Wollunqua totem animal , whom they seek to placate by rites . In Africa the chief ...
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