The New International Encyclopæeia, Volume 1Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby, Daniel Coit Gilman Dodd, Mead, 1909 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... color it is ashy - gray , irregularly striped up and down and around the legs with black ; its muzzle is black and nearly naked ; legs and feet dark brown in front and gray behind ; ears dark brown outside and gray inside . It goes ...
... color it is ashy - gray , irregularly striped up and down and around the legs with black ; its muzzle is black and nearly naked ; legs and feet dark brown in front and gray behind ; ears dark brown outside and gray inside . It goes ...
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... colors . His illustrations of Herrick's poems and Shakespeare's plays are most widely known ; among other illustrated ... color . He may be ranked among the strongest colorists and the most intellectual painters America has produced . He ...
... colors . His illustrations of Herrick's poems and Shakespeare's plays are most widely known ; among other illustrated ... color . He may be ranked among the strongest colorists and the most intellectual painters America has produced . He ...
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... color - sen- sation , e.g. , blue , green , etc. In this sense we may speak of " blue - waves , " " green - waves , " etc .; and in general white light is due to the recep- tion by the eye of waves which correspond to the " colors of ...
... color - sen- sation , e.g. , blue , green , etc. In this sense we may speak of " blue - waves , " " green - waves , " etc .; and in general white light is due to the recep- tion by the eye of waves which correspond to the " colors of ...
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... color , with a black scar , and are familiar in old flower - work made of shells , and are often used as beads . They are poisonous . Children sometimes crush them accidentally when stringing them ; and if introduced into the eyes when ...
... color , with a black scar , and are familiar in old flower - work made of shells , and are often used as beads . They are poisonous . Children sometimes crush them accidentally when stringing them ; and if introduced into the eyes when ...
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... color from dark red to bright red as soon as it arrives at the pulmonary vessels , showing the action of the gas it has taken from the atmosphere . This rapidity of absorption is due to the fact that in the circulation of the lungs the ...
... color from dark red to bright red as soon as it arrives at the pulmonary vessels , showing the action of the gas it has taken from the atmosphere . This rapidity of absorption is due to the fact that in the circulation of the lungs the ...
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