The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia (19 v.)Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1983 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 73
Page 311
... position at Ther- mopylae . The Persians ' best infantry , called the " Immor- tals , " were entrusted to him . At dawn on the third day they began to descend toward the plain behind the Greek position . Leonidas retained the troops of ...
... position at Ther- mopylae . The Persians ' best infantry , called the " Immor- tals , " were entrusted to him . At dawn on the third day they began to descend toward the plain behind the Greek position . Leonidas retained the troops of ...
Page 514
... position in which the hips are bent and the stretched legs and feet are stretched over the head , to a support position with the head above the feet and the body either in front or back of the bar ) ; uprises ( in which the gymnast ...
... position in which the hips are bent and the stretched legs and feet are stretched over the head , to a support position with the head above the feet and the body either in front or back of the bar ) ; uprises ( in which the gymnast ...
Page 526
... ( position 5 ) , etc. , and this clockwise movement will continue until , at the end of one period of rotation of the Earth ( 23 hours 56 minutes ) the rotor and spin axis re- vert to their original position with respect to the observer ...
... ( position 5 ) , etc. , and this clockwise movement will continue until , at the end of one period of rotation of the Earth ( 23 hours 56 minutes ) the rotor and spin axis re- vert to their original position with respect to the observer ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
animals army Austria basins Bavaria became Berlin BIBLIOGRAPHY British central centre century Christian church cities clubs colour cultural Democrats deposits dialects early East eastern economic El Greco elected electors Emperor empire English especially Europe Federal force France Frederick French Frisian German Germany's germfree geyser Ghana glacial glacier glass Gnostic Goethe gold golf grammar grasslands gravitational graywackes Greece Greek Habsburg Icelandic imperial important industry island Italy king Lake land language later major mass ment metres modern mountain Netherlandic Old Frisian Old Norse painting Party percent period player Pleistocene political population princes produced Proto-Germanic Proto-Indo-European Prussia reform regions Reich Republic Rhine River rock Roman savanna Saxony social soil sources Soviet surface temperature territorial tion traditional trans U.S. Open United valley vowels West Germany western