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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Ustica
Britannica 11thUSTICA, an island off the N. coast of Sicily, 41^ m.N.N.W. of Palermo. Pop. (1861) 2231; (1901) 1916. It is the Osteodes of the Greeks, but in Roman times was known as Ustica. The island is entirely volcanic and subject to earthquakes, and is fertile. There is ...
Vol. 27, pp. 811-811
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Austria
Britannica 11thAUSTRIA. (Ger. OsterreicK), a country of central Europe, bounded E. by Russia and Rumania, S. by Hungary, the Adriatic Sea and Italy, W. by Switzerland, Liechtenstein and the German empire (Bavaria), and N. by the German empire (Saxony and Prussia) and Russia.
Vol. 2, pp. 970-976
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Equilibrium
Britannica 11th... e sacculc and of the utricle there is a ridge, termed in each case the macula acustica, bearing a highly specialized epithelium. A similar structure exists in each ampulla. This would suggest that all three structures have to do with hearing; but, on the other ...
Vol. 9, pp. 722-723
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Verga
Britannica 11th... Sicilian peasantry, Medda (1874) and Vila del campi (1880); and his Cavalleria Rusticana acquired new popularity from its dramatization and from Mascagni's opera on this subject. Verga and Fogazzaro between them may be said to have faithfully chronicled the in ...
Vol. 27, pp. 1021-1021
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