The Columbian Cyclopedia, Volume 18Garretson, Cox, 1897 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... stone mullions of a large window ; in eccles . ( see LIGHTS , USE OF , IN PUBLIC WOR- SHIP ) . LIGHT LESS , a . without light ; dark . LIGHT - BALL , a hollow ball of paper filled with a composition which , when set fire to , throws out ...
... stone mullions of a large window ; in eccles . ( see LIGHTS , USE OF , IN PUBLIC WOR- SHIP ) . LIGHT LESS , a . without light ; dark . LIGHT - BALL , a hollow ball of paper filled with a composition which , when set fire to , throws out ...
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... stone structure , about 400 ft . high , whose light is said to have been visible more than 40 m . It stood about 1,600 years until destroyed by an earthquake . More modern is the remarkable L.-H. of the tower of Cordouan , at the mouth ...
... stone structure , about 400 ft . high , whose light is said to have been visible more than 40 m . It stood about 1,600 years until destroyed by an earthquake . More modern is the remarkable L.-H. of the tower of Cordouan , at the mouth ...
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... stones were laid the same year ; next year 6 courses of stone were laid ; 1859 the stone - work was completed , and 1860 the entire structure . It is of granite , the lower 40 ft . solid , on a base 30 ft . in diameter ; whole height of the ...
... stones were laid the same year ; next year 6 courses of stone were laid ; 1859 the stone - work was completed , and 1860 the entire structure . It is of granite , the lower 40 ft . solid , on a base 30 ft . in diameter ; whole height of the ...
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... stone mentioned in Exodus xxviii . 19 - supposed by some to be the jacinth or hyacinth . LIGURIAN REPUBLIC , li - g'ri - an : the name given to the republic of Genoa 1797 , when , in consequence of the conquests of Bonaparte in Italy ...
... stone mentioned in Exodus xxviii . 19 - supposed by some to be the jacinth or hyacinth . LIGURIAN REPUBLIC , li - g'ri - an : the name given to the republic of Genoa 1797 , when , in consequence of the conquests of Bonaparte in Italy ...
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... STONE , and LILY- ENCRINITE , familiar terms for the common encrinite of geologists , from the fanciful resemblance of its stalk and clustered tentacles to the stem and flower of a lily . LIL'Y : genus of plants of nat . ord . Liliacea ...
... STONE , and LILY- ENCRINITE , familiar terms for the common encrinite of geologists , from the fanciful resemblance of its stalk and clustered tentacles to the stem and flower of a lily . LIL'Y : genus of plants of nat . ord . Liliacea ...
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