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
... authority of Callimachus and Eratosthenes , who had been librarians at Alexan- dria , there were 42,800 volumes or rolls in the Serapeum and 490,000 in the Bruchium . This enumeration seems to refer to the librarianship of Callimachus ...
... authority of Callimachus and Eratosthenes , who had been librarians at Alexan- dria , there were 42,800 volumes or rolls in the Serapeum and 490,000 in the Bruchium . This enumeration seems to refer to the librarianship of Callimachus ...
Page 3873
... authorities to ob- under his advice and direction . It was Panizzi , like- tain the copies of the newspapers published in the United wise , who first seriously set to work to see that the Kingdom to which they are entitled by the ...
... authorities to ob- under his advice and direction . It was Panizzi , like- tain the copies of the newspapers published in the United wise , who first seriously set to work to see that the Kingdom to which they are entitled by the ...
Page 3898
... authority on the subject . It was , in many parts , founded on the work of Ptolemy , but with considerable additions and improve- ments . Alhazen gives an anatomical description of the eye , and points out , fairly enough , how with two ...
... authority on the subject . It was , in many parts , founded on the work of Ptolemy , but with considerable additions and improve- ments . Alhazen gives an anatomical description of the eye , and points out , fairly enough , how with two ...
Page 3915
... authority to crush the rebellion at once . He declared a blockade of the Southern ports , and at once inaugurated movements for the construction of a navy . The bombardment of Sumter rapidly increased the task of the president , for the ...
... authority to crush the rebellion at once . He declared a blockade of the Southern ports , and at once inaugurated movements for the construction of a navy . The bombardment of Sumter rapidly increased the task of the president , for the ...
Page 3916
... authority throughout the Union . On January 1 , 1863 , the final proclamation of emancipation was issued , in which he designated the States of Arkansas , Texas , Mis- sissippi , Alabama , Florida , Georgia , South Carolina , North ...
... authority throughout the Union . On January 1 , 1863 , the final proclamation of emancipation was issued , in which he designated the States of Arkansas , Texas , Mis- sissippi , Alabama , Florida , Georgia , South Carolina , North ...
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