The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: A - K.Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1997 |
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Page 117
... less fre- quently for young women , primarily because of the risk of pelvic infection . In 1970 Jaime Zipper , a physician from Chile , added copper to plastic devices , thereby permitting designs that caused less bleeding and increased ...
... less fre- quently for young women , primarily because of the risk of pelvic infection . In 1970 Jaime Zipper , a physician from Chile , added copper to plastic devices , thereby permitting designs that caused less bleeding and increased ...
Page 252
... less than 1 millimetre ( 0.04 inch ) in width and less than 1 millimetre in length ( male plants of the liverwort Sphaerocarpos ) . The thallus is sometimes one cell layer thick through most of its width ( e.g. , the liverwort Metzgeria ) ...
... less than 1 millimetre ( 0.04 inch ) in width and less than 1 millimetre in length ( male plants of the liverwort Sphaerocarpos ) . The thallus is sometimes one cell layer thick through most of its width ( e.g. , the liverwort Metzgeria ) ...
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... less than 100 , - 000 in 1901 to nearly 700,000 . The population of British origin was , by the late 20th century , less than 40 percent . Many of these groups , including the British , settled in separate communities where they could ...
... less than 100 , - 000 in 1901 to nearly 700,000 . The population of British origin was , by the late 20th century , less than 40 percent . Many of these groups , including the British , settled in separate communities where they could ...
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