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
... origin , and 1,050,000 half - wild natives , some of whom are adopting a settled life , and conforming to the habits of their tamed countrymen . Among the more interesting tribes are the Veis , the Bassas , the Krus and the Mandingoes ...
... origin , and 1,050,000 half - wild natives , some of whom are adopting a settled life , and conforming to the habits of their tamed countrymen . Among the more interesting tribes are the Veis , the Bassas , the Krus and the Mandingoes ...
Page 3878
... origin to Franklin , and dates from 1743. The most extensive collection is that of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , which consists of 35,000 volumes and 40,000 pamphlets . For information as to the numer ous ...
... origin to Franklin , and dates from 1743. The most extensive collection is that of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , which consists of 35,000 volumes and 40,000 pamphlets . For information as to the numer ous ...
Page 3893
... origin , was born probably about 250 A.D. , and was his adopted country , and was frequently consulted by elevated after the death of Severus to the rank of Augus- the secretary of war . He was one of the first to point tus by Galerius ...
... origin , was born probably about 250 A.D. , and was his adopted country , and was frequently consulted by elevated after the death of Severus to the rank of Augus- the secretary of war . He was one of the first to point tus by Galerius ...
Page 3908
... origin . The lime sometimes acquires a great size : one is recorded in Norfolk as being sixteen yards in circum- ference , and Ray mentions one of the same girth . The famous linden - tree which gave the town of Neustadt in Würtemburg ...
... origin . The lime sometimes acquires a great size : one is recorded in Norfolk as being sixteen yards in circum- ference , and Ray mentions one of the same girth . The famous linden - tree which gave the town of Neustadt in Würtemburg ...
Page 3912
... origin to the munificence of the abbeys of Crowland and Spalding . The earliest specimen of Norman architecture is that of Long Sutton , which has been called the counterpart of Christ Church , Oxford . St. Mary and Nicholas at Spalding ...
... origin to the munificence of the abbeys of Crowland and Spalding . The earliest specimen of Norman architecture is that of Long Sutton , which has been called the counterpart of Christ Church , Oxford . St. Mary and Nicholas at Spalding ...
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