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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Thunberg
Britannica 11thTHUNBERG, KARL PETER (1743-1828), Swedish naturalist, was born at Jonkoping on the nth of November 1743, and became a pupil of Linnaeus at the university of Upsala. After graduating in medicine there in 1770 he obtained an appointment as surgeon in the Dutch E ...
Vol. 26, pp. 898-898
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Thunder
Britannica 11thTHUNDER, the noise which accompanies or follows a flash of lightning, due to the disturbance of air by a discharge of electricity (see LIGHTNING; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY and METEOROLOGY). The Old English word is bunor, also the name of the Scandinavian god Tho
Vol. 26, pp. 898-898
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Thalberg
Britannica 11thTHALBERG, SIGISMOND (1812-1871), German pianist and composer, was born at Geneva in 1812 (May the 5th or January the 7th). In 1822 he was taken to Vienna, where, under the watchful care of Count Dietrichstein, his education was completed. He made his first app
Vol. 26, pp. 719-719
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Arbor Vitae
Britannica 11th... anging, cord-like branches; it was discovered in Japan about 1776 by Carl Peter Thunberg, a pupil of Linnaeus, who made valuable collections at the Cape of Good Hope, in the Dutch East Indies and in Japan. The variety pygmaea forms a small bush a few inches hi ...
Vol. 2, pp. 338-338
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