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... Pope Gregory I. in the West , d . 604. They are classified as Apostolic , ante - Nicene , and post - Nicene . Fathom . Unit of measure , six feet long , used by sailors in soundings , and by English miners ; corresponding to the Ger ...
... Pope Gregory I. in the West , d . 604. They are classified as Apostolic , ante - Nicene , and post - Nicene . Fathom . Unit of measure , six feet long , used by sailors in soundings , and by English miners ; corresponding to the Ger ...
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... pope 1440-49 , d . 1451 . Felix , d . 818. Bp . of Urgel in Catalonia , father of the Adoptian heresy . Felix , ANTONIUS . Procurator of Judæa 52-60 , before whom St. Paul preached : a freedman . declared by Tacitus to have " used the ...
... pope 1440-49 , d . 1451 . Felix , d . 818. Bp . of Urgel in Catalonia , father of the Adoptian heresy . Felix , ANTONIUS . Procurator of Judæa 52-60 , before whom St. Paul preached : a freedman . declared by Tacitus to have " used the ...
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... Pope's Odyssey . Fenton , REUBEN EATON , 1819-1885 . M. C. 1857-65 ; Gov. of N. Y. 1865-69 ; U. S. Senator 1869-75 . Fenugreek . Trigonella Fonum - Græcum . Low herb of the natural family Leguminosae , native of the Mediterranean region ...
... Pope's Odyssey . Fenton , REUBEN EATON , 1819-1885 . M. C. 1857-65 ; Gov. of N. Y. 1865-69 ; U. S. Senator 1869-75 . Fenugreek . Trigonella Fonum - Græcum . Low herb of the natural family Leguminosae , native of the Mediterranean region ...
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... Pope . 1990 & 1450 Fleury , AND HERITA DE 1436-174 Be of Frash : Ancak 12 : Pane Mister and 1L 1 Es relics were good : is putty for . Fleury , CTEWAY Tute to seter Fred : ACRED & 1996 and sot fessor ti Lous IT . Es Un Ex . 2 TIUS 12 ...
... Pope . 1990 & 1450 Fleury , AND HERITA DE 1436-174 Be of Frash : Ancak 12 : Pane Mister and 1L 1 Es relics were good : is putty for . Fleury , CTEWAY Tute to seter Fred : ACRED & 1996 and sot fessor ti Lous IT . Es Un Ex . 2 TIUS 12 ...
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... POPE , 891-896 . Having crowned two rival emperors , his body was disinterred , tried , condemned , and thrown into the Tiber . Formula . Statement in general symbols of a mathemati- cal principle or law . sition of a compound . Many ...
... POPE , 891-896 . Having crowned two rival emperors , his body was disinterred , tried , condemned , and thrown into the Tiber . Formula . Statement in general symbols of a mathemati- cal principle or law . sition of a compound . Many ...
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Page 863 - ... that the ratio of the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction is constant for refraction in the same medium, was effected by Snell and Descartes.
Page 684 - Or, four terms are in harmonical proportion, when the first is to the fourth as the difference of the first and second is to the difference of the third and fourth.
Page 727 - A body is called homogeneous when any two equal, similar parts of it, with corresponding lines parallel and turned towards the same parts, are undistinguishable from one another by any difference in quality.
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Page 608 - He had previously stated, in another work, that he believed, " the whole terrestrial globe to have been taken to pieces and dissolved at the flood, and the strata to have settled down from this promiscuous mass.
Page 608 - The illustrations are thus consecutively adduced. 1. Solid land has been converted into sea. 2. Sea has been changed into land. Marine shells lie far distant from the deep, and the anchor has been found on the summit of hills.