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... Magnet . ) LLOYD , James , was born in Boston , in 1769 , graduated at Harvard college in 1787 , and , on leaving college , entered the counting - house of Thomas Russell , whose extensive foreign trade made it by far the most suitable ...
... Magnet . ) LLOYD , James , was born in Boston , in 1769 , graduated at Harvard college in 1787 , and , on leaving college , entered the counting - house of Thomas Russell , whose extensive foreign trade made it by far the most suitable ...
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... . While sitting on an admiralty cause , he declared that that court was bound to decide by the law of nations , 184 and not ( as had been maintained by one Magnet Magnetic Needle Magnetism, Animal Magnificat Magnificence.
... . While sitting on an admiralty cause , he declared that that court was bound to decide by the law of nations , 184 and not ( as had been maintained by one Magnet Magnetic Needle Magnetism, Animal Magnificat Magnificence.
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... magnet , magnes , or enchanting stone ( according to one derivation , ) seems to indicate that it was not unknown to the magi ; and some of their phenomena seem referable to galvanism . - Interesting information on this subject is ...
... magnet , magnes , or enchanting stone ( according to one derivation , ) seems to indicate that it was not unknown to the magi ; and some of their phenomena seem referable to galvanism . - Interesting information on this subject is ...
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... MAGNET . 198 jans , repaired hither . According to Dio- nysius of Halicarnassus , the followers of Æneas were scattered through the differ- ent parts of Italy . Some landed in Iapygia , others retired to both sides of the Apen- nines ...
... MAGNET . 198 jans , repaired hither . According to Dio- nysius of Halicarnassus , the followers of Æneas were scattered through the differ- ent parts of Italy . Some landed in Iapygia , others retired to both sides of the Apen- nines ...
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Encyclopaedia Americana Francis Lieber. MAGNESIA - MAGNESIAN MINERALS . MAGNESIAN MINERALS - MAGNET . MAGNET . MAGNET .肇. magnesia , generally known by the name of Epsom salt , is made directly by neutral- izing dilute sulphuric acid ...
Encyclopaedia Americana Francis Lieber. MAGNESIA - MAGNESIAN MINERALS . MAGNESIAN MINERALS - MAGNET . MAGNET . MAGNET .肇. magnesia , generally known by the name of Epsom salt , is made directly by neutral- izing dilute sulphuric acid ...
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