The New Encyclopaedia Britannica[1] Propaedia: outline of knowledge and guide to the Britannica.--[2]-[11] Micropaedia: ready reference and index.--[12]-[30] Macropaedia: knowledge in depth. |
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Page 80
Miocene to present; Old World, now confined to Africa. Living giraffes longnecked
and long-legged; the okapi more compact. Giraffes may be up to 5.5 m (18 ft) in
total height. Extinct relatives including the large, short-legged, and grotesquely ...
Miocene to present; Old World, now confined to Africa. Living giraffes longnecked
and long-legged; the okapi more compact. Giraffes may be up to 5.5 m (18 ft) in
total height. Extinct relatives including the large, short-legged, and grotesquely ...
Page 318
Content and Progress of Earth's Atmospheric Evolution approximate years before
present X 10-9 (not to scale) 0.02 ing present composition 0.07 increases
mammals, flowering plants, social insects appear great volcanism (outgassing of
...
Content and Progress of Earth's Atmospheric Evolution approximate years before
present X 10-9 (not to scale) 0.02 ing present composition 0.07 increases
mammals, flowering plants, social insects appear great volcanism (outgassing of
...
Page 668
In 12000 BC, ice covered all of northern Europe as far as the present German–
Polish coastline; by 7700 Bc glacial meltwater had formed the Yoldia Sea, which
stretched east from the present Skagerrak across what is now lake-strewn ...
In 12000 BC, ice covered all of northern Europe as far as the present German–
Polish coastline; by 7700 Bc glacial meltwater had formed the Yoldia Sea, which
stretched east from the present Skagerrak across what is now lake-strewn ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| Author | Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishers, Inc. Staff |
| Contributor | Robert M. Hutchins |
| Edition | 15, illustrated |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 |
| ISBN | 0852292902, 9780852292907 |
| Length | 934 pages |
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