Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations - Lexicon, Volume 8Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Carey, Lea & Carey, 1831 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... born May 13 , old style , 1707 , at Roshult , in the province of Smaland . His father was fond of gar- dening , and his little domain was stocked with plants not commonly cultivated - a circumstance to which the prevailing taste of the ...
... born May 13 , old style , 1707 , at Roshult , in the province of Smaland . His father was fond of gar- dening , and his little domain was stocked with plants not commonly cultivated - a circumstance to which the prevailing taste of the ...
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... born , are about the size of a small equal size with the Cape lion ; its color is pug dog , and continue to suck the mother a more uniform and pale yellow , and its for about a year . At this time , their color mane fuller and more ...
... born , are about the size of a small equal size with the Cape lion ; its color is pug dog , and continue to suck the mother a more uniform and pale yellow , and its for about a year . At this time , their color mane fuller and more ...
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... born March 26 , 1782 . LIPARI ; a cluster of volcanic islands 7 in the Mediterranean , which take their name from the principal one of the group , about 24 miles from the north coast of Sicily . Lon . 15 ° 12 ′ E .; lat . 38 ° 34 ' E ...
... born March 26 , 1782 . LIPARI ; a cluster of volcanic islands 7 in the Mediterranean , which take their name from the principal one of the group , about 24 miles from the north coast of Sicily . Lon . 15 ° 12 ′ E .; lat . 38 ° 34 ' E ...
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... born in 1421 , and sur- named the Old , had taken the vows as a Carmelite monk , but afterwards abandon- ed the church , and underwent many vi- cissitudes of fortune . On one occasion , he fell into the hands of a Barbary corsair , who ...
... born in 1421 , and sur- named the Old , had taken the vows as a Carmelite monk , but afterwards abandon- ed the church , and underwent many vi- cissitudes of fortune . On one occasion , he fell into the hands of a Barbary corsair , who ...
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... born at Albany , in New York , January 15 , 1716 , was graduated at Yale college , in 1737 , and became a 3 VOL . VIII . 25 merchant in New York . In 1759 , he was returned a member to the general assem- bly of the colony , and ...
... born at Albany , in New York , January 15 , 1716 , was graduated at Yale college , in 1737 , and became a 3 VOL . VIII . 25 merchant in New York . In 1759 , he was returned a member to the general assem- bly of the colony , and ...
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Page 368 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
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