Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10Oxford University Press, 1950 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 267
... early members of all three groups the tail is heterocercal . In the Chondrostei there is only one dorsal fin , in the early Crossopterygii and Dipnoi there are two . In the two latter groups the bases of the median and paired fins were ...
... early members of all three groups the tail is heterocercal . In the Chondrostei there is only one dorsal fin , in the early Crossopterygii and Dipnoi there are two . In the two latter groups the bases of the median and paired fins were ...
Page 312
... Early wall paintings however conformed very closely to the rules applicable to mosaics ( q.v. ) , while the panels were in early times small in size and confined in the main to the depiction of individual figures or scenes in which only ...
... Early wall paintings however conformed very closely to the rules applicable to mosaics ( q.v. ) , while the panels were in early times small in size and confined in the main to the depiction of individual figures or scenes in which only ...
Page 793
... early in the 15th century and perhaps at the end of the 14th . Certainly the manu- facture of playing - cards was well established in England by the middle of the 15th century ; for in the third year of the reign of Edward IV a statute ...
... early in the 15th century and perhaps at the end of the 14th . Certainly the manu- facture of playing - cards was well established in England by the middle of the 15th century ; for in the third year of the reign of Edward IV a statute ...
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