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... Early in 1840 Draper succeeded in taking the first explain the motion of the sap in plants , and between 1834 and 1856 he published several papers upon this and kindred subjects , in- cluding the passage of gases through liquids , the ...
... Early in 1840 Draper succeeded in taking the first explain the motion of the sap in plants , and between 1834 and 1856 he published several papers upon this and kindred subjects , in- cluding the passage of gases through liquids , the ...
Pagina 5
... early impres- procession to King's College chapel by the sion of the army list for 1758 figures wrongly scholars of the college . A Te Deum was as the 64th . The rendezvous was at Col- sung , and the Rev. W. Barford , fellow and chester ...
... early impres- procession to King's College chapel by the sion of the army list for 1758 figures wrongly scholars of the college . A Te Deum was as the 64th . The rendezvous was at Col- sung , and the Rev. W. Barford , fellow and chester ...
Pagina 13
... early editions are being issued by the Spenser Society . A volume of selections from Drayton's poems was edited by the present writer in 1883 . 6 was favourably received by James I , who took a great interest in his experiments , and ...
... early editions are being issued by the Spenser Society . A volume of selections from Drayton's poems was edited by the present writer in 1883 . 6 was favourably received by James I , who took a great interest in his experiments , and ...
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... early addresses and proclamations ( for a list of these , see MADDEN , Lives of the United Irishmen , 2nd series , p . 267 ) . He was tried for sedition and acquitted on 26 June 1794 , after an eloquent defence by Curran , but after ...
... early addresses and proclamations ( for a list of these , see MADDEN , Lives of the United Irishmen , 2nd series , p . 267 ) . He was tried for sedition and acquitted on 26 June 1794 , after an eloquent defence by Curran , but after ...
Pagina 17
... early Cornish methodists . Samuel was put to work in the fields at seven years old , his parents receiving 2d . a day for his labour . His mother died in 1774 , when his father married again ; and Samuel , finding home disagreeable ...
... early Cornish methodists . Samuel was put to work in the fields at seven years old , his parents receiving 2d . a day for his labour . His mother died in 1774 , when his father married again ; and Samuel , finding home disagreeable ...
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