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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Artedi
Britannica 11thARTEDI, PETER (1705-1735), Swedish naturalist, was born in the province of Angermania, in Sweden, on the 22nd of February 1705. Intending to become a clergyman, he went, in 1724, to study theology at Upsala, but he turned his attention to medicine and natural ...
Vol. 2, pp. 663-663
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Artemis
Britannica 11thARTEMIS, one of the principal goddesses in Greek mythology, the counterpart of the Roman Diana. The suggested etymologies of the name (see O. Gruppe, Griechische hfythologie, ii.p. 1 267, note 2), as in the case of most of the Olympian deities, are unsatisfact
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Artel
Britannica 11thARTEL (Russ. for "gang"), the name for the co-operative associations in Russia. Originally, the artels were true examples of productive co-operation, bodies of working-men associating together for the purpose of jointly undertaking some piece of work, and divi
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Artaxerxes
Britannica 11th... e the independence of its rebellious allies (355 B.C.). Then the king attempted ARTEDI— ARTEMIS to subjugate Egypt, but two expeditions were unsuccessful, and, in consequence, Sidon and the other Phoenician towns, and tin- princes of Cyprus, rebelled against P ...
Vol. 2, pp. 661-663
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