Americanized Encyclopaedia Britannica: Revised and Amended : a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature to which is Added Biographies of Living Subjects, 96 Colored Maps and Numerous Illustrations, Volume 7Belford-Clarke Company, 1890 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 3871
... appears to be pretty well established as follows : Zenodotus , Cal- limachus , Eratosthenes , Apollonius , and Aristophanes ; and their activity covers a period of about a century . The first experiments in bibliography appear to have ...
... appears to be pretty well established as follows : Zenodotus , Cal- limachus , Eratosthenes , Apollonius , and Aristophanes ; and their activity covers a period of about a century . The first experiments in bibliography appear to have ...
Page 3872
... appears to have ful- filled the double function of physician and librarian to Augustus . When the seat of the empire ... appear to have been many books , and the Venerable Bede was superior to any scholar of his age . Theodore of Tarsus ...
... appears to have ful- filled the double function of physician and librarian to Augustus . When the seat of the empire ... appear to have been many books , and the Venerable Bede was superior to any scholar of his age . Theodore of Tarsus ...
Page 3874
... appears to have made rapid progress , since it appears from the treasurer's ac- counts that in 1686 the books and furniture were valued at upward of £ 11,000 Scots , exclusive of donations . In the year 1700 , the rooms in the Exchange ...
... appears to have made rapid progress , since it appears from the treasurer's ac- counts that in 1686 the books and furniture were valued at upward of £ 11,000 Scots , exclusive of donations . In the year 1700 , the rooms in the Exchange ...
Page 3911
... appears to have been a dependent state . Under Edwin of Northumbria , the conqueror of Mercia , Christianity was reintroduced by Paulinus of York , and Bede tells us that Blacca , the governor of Lincoln , was , with his household ...
... appears to have been a dependent state . Under Edwin of Northumbria , the conqueror of Mercia , Christianity was reintroduced by Paulinus of York , and Bede tells us that Blacca , the governor of Lincoln , was , with his household ...
Page 3918
... appears to have been in use for cotton spinning in the East from time immemorial . At a later date , which cannot be fixed , the treadle motion was attached to the spinning wheel , enabling the spinster to sit at work with both hands ...
... appears to have been in use for cotton spinning in the East from time immemorial . At a later date , which cannot be fixed , the treadle motion was attached to the spinning wheel , enabling the spinster to sit at work with both hands ...
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