The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 108
... early phases of much Polynesian art and even to the tatooing and tapa decoration styles of recent times . No other surviving early art from Melanesia approaches the accomplishment of Lapita , but a few contemporary and subsequent ...
... early phases of much Polynesian art and even to the tatooing and tapa decoration styles of recent times . No other surviving early art from Melanesia approaches the accomplishment of Lapita , but a few contemporary and subsequent ...
Page 140
Early salinity and volume Production of oxygen The pH of early ocean water Salt. and particulate organic materials , decreased penetration of light through seawater , and alteration of the community structure of bottom - dwelling ...
Early salinity and volume Production of oxygen The pH of early ocean water Salt. and particulate organic materials , decreased penetration of light through seawater , and alteration of the community structure of bottom - dwelling ...
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... earliest ways in which man sought to ex- press his own personality and his emerging understanding of an existence beyond the material world . Unlike music and dance , however , examples of early forms of painting have survived to the ...
... earliest ways in which man sought to ex- press his own personality and his emerging understanding of an existence beyond the material world . Unlike music and dance , however , examples of early forms of painting have survived to the ...
Contents
NUMBER GAMES and Other Mathematical Recreations | 1 |
NUMBER THEORY | 14 |
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS | 38 |
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