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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... island of Lipari , ceased in the sixth century , but the whole island is composed of pumice- stone , lava , volcanic glass , and black sand ; and the warm baths , and heated vapors of the Stoves ( excavations which emit hot ...
... island of Lipari , ceased in the sixth century , but the whole island is composed of pumice- stone , lava , volcanic glass , and black sand ; and the warm baths , and heated vapors of the Stoves ( excavations which emit hot ...
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... fruits ; provisions plen- tiful and cheap ; but the water bad , and must be brought from a neighboring river , on an island opposite . The houses be- longing to the Portuguese are built of 34 stone ; the houses of the natives are more.
... fruits ; provisions plen- tiful and cheap ; but the water bad , and must be brought from a neighboring river , on an island opposite . The houses be- longing to the Portuguese are built of 34 stone ; the houses of the natives are more.
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... Islands , and North and Western America , & c . The ground floor is connected with a more modern building , called the gallery of an- tiquities , divided into 15 apartments , in which are distributed nearly 1000 pieces of sculpture ...
... Islands , and North and Western America , & c . The ground floor is connected with a more modern building , called the gallery of an- tiquities , divided into 15 apartments , in which are distributed nearly 1000 pieces of sculpture ...
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... ISLAND . LONG. 70 in 30 ; in 1823 , 1 in 40. In the Pays de Vaud , the mortality is 1 to 49 ; in Sweden and Holland , 1 to 48 ; in Russia , 1 to 41 ; in Austria , 1 to 38. Wherever records have been kept , we find that mortality has ...
... ISLAND . LONG. 70 in 30 ; in 1823 , 1 in 40. In the Pays de Vaud , the mortality is 1 to 49 ; in Sweden and Holland , 1 to 48 ; in Russia , 1 to 41 ; in Austria , 1 to 38. Wherever records have been kept , we find that mortality has ...
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... ISLAND . LONG ISLAND -. to 1814 inclusive , there died annually within the city of Philadelphia and the Liberties , the following proportion of per- sons , of different ages , compared with the total number of deaths : Under one year ...
... ISLAND . LONG ISLAND -. to 1814 inclusive , there died annually within the city of Philadelphia and the Liberties , the following proportion of per- sons , of different ages , compared with the total number of deaths : Under one year ...
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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.
Page 82 - And that in the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist, there is truly, really, and substantially the body and blood, together with the SOUL and DIVINITY of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 240 - States authorizes the supreme court " to issue writs of mandamus, in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States.
Page 487 - That whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth such number of the militia of the State, or States, most convenient to the place of danger, or scene of action, as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion, and to issue his orders for that purpose to such officer or officers of the militia as he shall think proper.
Page 487 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals...
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