The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia (19 v.)Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1983 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 78
Page 192
... practice the making of conjectures , as distinct from test- ing them , is intelligent guesswork . No part of the theory of textual criticism has suffered more from misunderstanding than has conjectural emen- dation . Such conjectural ...
... practice the making of conjectures , as distinct from test- ing them , is intelligent guesswork . No part of the theory of textual criticism has suffered more from misunderstanding than has conjectural emen- dation . Such conjectural ...
Page 525
... practice that victims of traffic accidents must prove that their injuries were the result of another's negligence . This and other obstacles have resulted in only a comparatively small proportion of traffic victims eventually obtaining ...
... practice that victims of traffic accidents must prove that their injuries were the result of another's negligence . This and other obstacles have resulted in only a comparatively small proportion of traffic victims eventually obtaining ...
Page 743
... practice of two incompatible tuning systems— mean - tone for keyboard instruments , equal temperament for lutes and ... Practice ; and The Theory and Practice of Just Intona- tion , Musurgia Records , Theory Series A , No. 1-3 , an op ...
... practice of two incompatible tuning systems— mean - tone for keyboard instruments , equal temperament for lutes and ... Practice ; and The Theory and Practice of Just Intona- tion , Musurgia Records , Theory Series A , No. 1-3 , an op ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
19th century actors adiabatic process applied audience broadcasting cable called camera carpels carrier centimetres centre channels chemical chrominance circuit classical colour commedia dell'arte communications court device drama drugs early effect eigenvalues electrical electrons energy engine entropy Eocene equation Europe fabrics fibres Figure film frequency Germany Greek heat important increased industry loom machine material mechanical megahertz ment metal method metres millimetres Miocene modern modulation Oligocene operation Paleocene pattern percent performance picture play pressure production radio real tennis receiver religious Roman scanning signal space species stable equilibrium stage steam teachers teaching techniques tektites telegraph telephone teleprinter telescope television temperature tennis tetraodontiforms textile textual criticism Thailand theatre theatrical thermodynamics thermoelectric thermoreceptors tion transmission transmitted tube ture United usually warp weave weft wire yarns