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 3870
... existence of extensive libraries so many ages ago , and none are more eloquent of the elaborateness of these forgotten civilizations . ace , In the course of his excavations at Nineveh in 1850 , Layard came upon some chambers in the ...
... existence of extensive libraries so many ages ago , and none are more eloquent of the elaborateness of these forgotten civilizations . ace , In the course of his excavations at Nineveh in 1850 , Layard came upon some chambers in the ...
Page 3873
... existence . ment and accessibility of its contents . Recent changes deed , in cosmopolitan interest the museum is without a have somewhat limited its former universality of charac- rival in the world , possessing as it does the best Hun ...
... existence . ment and accessibility of its contents . Recent changes deed , in cosmopolitan interest the museum is without a have somewhat limited its former universality of charac- rival in the world , possessing as it does the best Hun ...
Page 3874
... existence ; of the large store of Abyssinian volumes many were amassed after the campaign against King Theodore . The number of genealogical rolls and documents relat- ing to the local and family history of Great Britain is very large ...
... existence ; of the large store of Abyssinian volumes many were amassed after the campaign against King Theodore . The number of genealogical rolls and documents relat- ing to the local and family history of Great Britain is very large ...
Page 3875
... existence of a pontifical library at Rome ; and Pope tributes this honor to Frederick's son Maximilian . Zachary ( d . 752 ) , himself a Greek , is known to have However this may be , the munificence of succeeding added considerably to ...
... existence of a pontifical library at Rome ; and Pope tributes this honor to Frederick's son Maximilian . Zachary ( d . 752 ) , himself a Greek , is known to have However this may be , the munificence of succeeding added considerably to ...
Page 3889
... existence and growth , from the clouds , from rivers , and , in the case of maritime species , even from the sea . Where , however , the atmosphere is impregnated with smoke , soot , or other deleterious ingredients , lichens will not ...
... existence and growth , from the clouds , from rivers , and , in the case of maritime species , even from the sea . Where , however , the atmosphere is impregnated with smoke , soot , or other deleterious ingredients , lichens will not ...
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