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- obsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of Egyptology.
Professors of Ægyptology have indeed given us a clue; yet one would hardly imagine the Nile a safe place for angling, except from a boat.
1892, C[harles] T[homas] Paske, Frederick G[eorge] Aflalo, “On Sea-fishing in Particular. […]”, in The Sea and the Rod: […], London: Chapman and Hall, Ld., page 332 more examples
It contained at the opening 2100 volumes, including the best works on Ægyptology (to use the fasionable phrase) and on the Oriental languages,—some of them of great value and rarity.
1859, Edward Edwards, “The Town Libraries of the United States”, in Memoirs of Libraries: Including a Handbook of Library Economy (Burt Franklin Biography & Reference Series; number 72), volume II, New York, N.Y.: Burt Franklin, book III (The Libraries of the United States of America), section “The Classification of the Astor Library”, page 224Dr. [Joseph Parrish] Thompson’s last published work, which discusses the relations of the working classes and their improvement, appeared but a short time before his death, and he has doubtless left manuscripts of value relating to Ægyptology and physical science.
1879 November, “The Late Joseph P. Thompson, D.D.”, in H[enry] S[hipton] Drayton, N[elson] Sizer, editors, The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated. A Repository of Science, Literature, and General Intelligence, […]., volume LXVIII, number 5 (whole 492), London: S. R. Wells & Co., […], page 249, column 2
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