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Page 109
... extreme result , substituting an internal variation for original aggregation . The value of this distinction will appear more clearly as we go on to consider the characteristics of the other great families . We will take them up in an ...
... extreme result , substituting an internal variation for original aggregation . The value of this distinction will appear more clearly as we go on to consider the characteristics of the other great families . We will take them up in an ...
Page 110
... extreme cast , having for its principal branch the Manchu , spoken by the present ruling dynasty and tribe in China . The Scythian races have played but a subordinate part in human affairs . War and devastation have been their chief ...
... extreme cast , having for its principal branch the Manchu , spoken by the present ruling dynasty and tribe in China . The Scythian races have played but a subordinate part in human affairs . War and devastation have been their chief ...
Page 112
... extreme . Moreover , there is a peculiar changeableness of material , hard to explain and account for , which causes that two branches of a tribe which have been sep- arated but a brief time speak languages which are mutually ...
... extreme . Moreover , there is a peculiar changeableness of material , hard to explain and account for , which causes that two branches of a tribe which have been sep- arated but a brief time speak languages which are mutually ...
Page 148
... extreme prodi- gality with which the honors of the Fellowship were distributed , used " jocularly to ask any person going to England if he desired to be made a member of the Society , as he could easily obtain it for him , should he ...
... extreme prodi- gality with which the honors of the Fellowship were distributed , used " jocularly to ask any person going to England if he desired to be made a member of the Society , as he could easily obtain it for him , should he ...
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... extreme slowness ; for , according to M. Helmholtz , the calculations heretofore made greatly exag- gerated the rapidity of refrigeration in regard to that body , because they neglected to take account of an important element , namely ...
... extreme slowness ; for , according to M. Helmholtz , the calculations heretofore made greatly exag- gerated the rapidity of refrigeration in regard to that body , because they neglected to take account of an important element , namely ...
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