The National Hand-book of American Progress: Comprising a Ready Reference Manual of Facts and Figures, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time. Historical, Biographical, Statistical, Documentary, Financial, PoliticalErastus Otis Haven |
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... force which attracts light bodies to amber and glass when rubbed , then repels them , and was soon to succeed in quietly drawing down Jove's thunderbolt from heaven , and thus write his name in the sky , to be read of all men . But the ...
... force which attracts light bodies to amber and glass when rubbed , then repels them , and was soon to succeed in quietly drawing down Jove's thunderbolt from heaven , and thus write his name in the sky , to be read of all men . But the ...
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... forces being annihilated , the wishes of the most liberal minority of her people were regarded , and America was declared indepen- dent , we shall not further describe . Condition of the Revolution . America had by this time nearly ...
... forces being annihilated , the wishes of the most liberal minority of her people were regarded , and America was declared indepen- dent , we shall not further describe . Condition of the Revolution . America had by this time nearly ...
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... forces , would ever crystallize into a nation ; or if so it would be a monarchy . Indeed Washington was besought to declare himselfla dictator and assume the place of a king . The army was ready to obey him . offer was deliberately and ...
... forces , would ever crystallize into a nation ; or if so it would be a monarchy . Indeed Washington was besought to declare himselfla dictator and assume the place of a king . The army was ready to obey him . offer was deliberately and ...
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... forces , small or large , and in baffling the purposes of the enemy . But his chief excellences were rather moral than intellectual . His transparent integrity , his self - ab- negation , his unyielding firmness , his conciliatory ...
... forces , small or large , and in baffling the purposes of the enemy . But his chief excellences were rather moral than intellectual . His transparent integrity , his self - ab- negation , his unyielding firmness , his conciliatory ...
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... force of nearly 400 are employed , and issue nearly 20,000 patents annually , while the accumulation of models is so great as to demand for their accommodation one of the largest public buildings AMERICAN PROGRESS . 337.
... force of nearly 400 are employed , and issue nearly 20,000 patents annually , while the accumulation of models is so great as to demand for their accommodation one of the largest public buildings AMERICAN PROGRESS . 337.
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NATL HAND-BK OF AMER PROGRESS E. O. (Erastus Otis) 1820-1881 Haven,Joseph 1823 Sanderson,T. E. (Thomas Edgar) Willson No preview available - 2016 |
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