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Hort, Fenton John Anthony Brit Ish Theologian, Was Born In Dublin On April 23, 1828, And Was Educated At Rugby School And At Trinity College, Cambridge, Where He Was The Contemporary Of E. W. Benson, B. F. Westcott And J. B. Lightfoot. The Four Men Became Lifelong Friends And Fellow-workers. ...
Ferdinand Hitzig
Hitzig, Ferdinand (1807-75), German Biblical Critic, Was Born On June 23, 1807, At Hauingen, Baden, And Studied Theology At Heidelberg, Halle And Gottingen. Returning To Heidelberg He Became Privatdozent In Theology In 1829, And In 1831 Published His Begriff Der Kritik Am Alten Testamente Prak Tisch Erortert, In Which He ...
Ferdinand Hodler
Hodler, Ferdinand (1853-1918), Swiss Painter, Was Born At Gurzelen In The Canton Of Berne On March 14, 1853. He Received His Early Education In Drawing From Ferd. Sommer Collier, A Swiss Landscape Painter At Thun, But His Artistic Career Began At Geneva In 1872, Where He Worked Under Barthelemy Menn, ...
Fishing Methods
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Fixation Of Gen
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Flow From Orifices
Flow From Orifices If An Opening Be Made In The Side Or Base Of A Tank Containing A Fluid, Convergent Flow Is Set Up From All Sides Towards The Orifice. Owing To The Inertia Of The Fluid The Outer Filaments Of The Issuing Jet Maintain Their Convergence For Some Little ...
Flow In Open Channels
Flow In Open Channels As In The Case Of Pipe Flow, The Earlier Experimenters Assumec The Loss Of Head During Steady Flow In An Open Channel To Be Pro Portional To The Square Of The Velocity, And Adopted One Or Other Modification Of The Chezy Formula V=cv(mi), Where In Is ...
Fossil Horses
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