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 3873
... early copy of the Iliad , and one of the earliest known codices of the Odyssey . There is likewise an extensive series of ancient Irish texts , with many modern transcripts , the Bridgewater MSS . on French history , and Lord Guilford's ...
... early copy of the Iliad , and one of the earliest known codices of the Odyssey . There is likewise an extensive series of ancient Irish texts , with many modern transcripts , the Bridgewater MSS . on French history , and Lord Guilford's ...
Page 3877
... early printed books , an unrivaled collection of works in the native languages of Africa , Australia , etc. The library is open to any respectable person . • The largest library in the Australian colonies is the Public Library of ...
... early printed books , an unrivaled collection of works in the native languages of Africa , Australia , etc. The library is open to any respectable person . • The largest library in the Australian colonies is the Public Library of ...
Page 3907
... early part of the nineteenth centuries , the city continued to increase in prosperity , though often visited by terrible earthquakes , of which the most disastrous was that of October 28 , 1746 , when 5,000 of the inhabitants per- ished ...
... early part of the nineteenth centuries , the city continued to increase in prosperity , though often visited by terrible earthquakes , of which the most disastrous was that of October 28 , 1746 , when 5,000 of the inhabitants per- ished ...
Page 3911
... Early in 870 the Danes or Northmen landed at Hum- berstone , near Grimsby , and ravaged Lindsey and the famous monastery of Bardney on the Witham . Lincoln- shire passed permanently into the hands of the Danes about 877 , and was ...
... Early in 870 the Danes or Northmen landed at Hum- berstone , near Grimsby , and ravaged Lindsey and the famous monastery of Bardney on the Witham . Lincoln- shire passed permanently into the hands of the Danes about 877 , and was ...
Page 3921
... Early in 1740 Rudbeck died , and Roberg resigned ; the chairs of botany and medicine at Upsala being thus vacant , Rosen and Linnæus were chosen respectively to fill them . The former rivals afterward agreed to ex- change professorships ...
... Early in 1740 Rudbeck died , and Roberg resigned ; the chairs of botany and medicine at Upsala being thus vacant , Rosen and Linnæus were chosen respectively to fill them . The former rivals afterward agreed to ex- change professorships ...
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