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 4Belford-Clarke Company, 1890 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 1925
... appointed . The first consul made him secretary to the ministry at war ; and , the day after the battle of Marengo , nomi- nated him one of the commissioners for the execution of the convention concluded between General Berthier and ...
... appointed . The first consul made him secretary to the ministry at war ; and , the day after the battle of Marengo , nomi- nated him one of the commissioners for the execution of the convention concluded between General Berthier and ...
Page 1944
... appointed , along with Méchain , by the French section of the joint English and French commission , to measure an arc from Dun- kirk to Barcelona as a basis for the metric system . This undertaking , in itself laborious , was rendered ...
... appointed , along with Méchain , by the French section of the joint English and French commission , to measure an arc from Dun- kirk to Barcelona as a basis for the metric system . This undertaking , in itself laborious , was rendered ...
Page 1961
... appointed high sheriff for Surrey and governor of Farn- ham Castle ; but he showed no military talent , and soon followed the king to Oxford . During the civil war he served the queen mother , and was intrusted with the letters in ...
... appointed high sheriff for Surrey and governor of Farn- ham Castle ; but he showed no military talent , and soon followed the king to Oxford . During the civil war he served the queen mother , and was intrusted with the letters in ...
Page 1967
... appointed his prime minister - a situation which he was ill qualified to fill . He continued to hold that office under Christian , and was introduced to the young queen as her husband's confidential minister . On this the queen ...
... appointed his prime minister - a situation which he was ill qualified to fill . He continued to hold that office under Christian , and was introduced to the young queen as her husband's confidential minister . On this the queen ...
Page 1969
... appointed successor . As soon as the ministry in Copenhagen received news of his death , Prince Christian of Glücksburg was pro- claimed king as Christian IX . , and the young Duke of Augustenburg appeared in Schleswig , assuming the ...
... appointed successor . As soon as the ministry in Copenhagen received news of his death , Prince Christian of Glücksburg was pro- claimed king as Christian IX . , and the young Duke of Augustenburg appeared in Schleswig , assuming the ...
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