Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 10W. and R. Chambers, 1868 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... nearly half of the children born are under 30. The higher classes of a country have fewer children than the lower , and a larger proportion of their marriages are unfruitful . The average of European statistics shews 1 preg- nancy in 81 ...
... nearly half of the children born are under 30. The higher classes of a country have fewer children than the lower , and a larger proportion of their marriages are unfruitful . The average of European statistics shews 1 preg- nancy in 81 ...
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... nearly a fourth of the males of England , had a general mortality almost the same as that of the general population , but a very high mortality at great ages . At any one decade of life , the mortality of inn and beer - shop keepers ...
... nearly a fourth of the males of England , had a general mortality almost the same as that of the general population , but a very high mortality at great ages . At any one decade of life , the mortality of inn and beer - shop keepers ...
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... nearly horizontal deposits , and then upheaved into a dome - shaped mountain , with the hollow caldera in the centre of its summit . The more satisfactory explanation is that the original cone , formed by the alternate deposition of the ...
... nearly horizontal deposits , and then upheaved into a dome - shaped mountain , with the hollow caldera in the centre of its summit . The more satisfactory explanation is that the original cone , formed by the alternate deposition of the ...
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... nearly so large and strong as in the Falconida , and are but slightly hooked . The middle toe is very long . The wings are long , and their expanse consequently great . Vultures have great powers of flight , and many of them soar to a ...
... nearly so large and strong as in the Falconida , and are but slightly hooked . The middle toe is very long . The wings are long , and their expanse consequently great . Vultures have great powers of flight , and many of them soar to a ...
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... nearly as long as the first , the tertials very long ; the tarsus much longer than the middle toe ; the tail of twelve feathers , long , and nearly equal at the end . - The wagtails run with WAGON - TRAIN , an indispensable companion ...
... nearly as long as the first , the tertials very long ; the tarsus much longer than the middle toe ; the tail of twelve feathers , long , and nearly equal at the end . - The wagtails run with WAGON - TRAIN , an indispensable companion ...
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