Encyclopaedia Americana. A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography. A New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Lea & Blanchard, 1849 |
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... employed him both in public works and in negotiation , gave him the title of his first mathematician . In 1669 , he was chosen to fill a chair in the royal academy of sciences of Paris , which honor induced him to finish three books of ...
... employed him both in public works and in negotiation , gave him the title of his first mathematician . In 1669 , he was chosen to fill a chair in the royal academy of sciences of Paris , which honor induced him to finish three books of ...
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... employed in its execution , and soon became distinguished among the artists connected with him . The six sheets executed by him are of the high- est merit . They reproduce , as far as is pos- sible in a small space , the impression of ...
... employed in its execution , and soon became distinguished among the artists connected with him . The six sheets executed by him are of the high- est merit . They reproduce , as far as is pos- sible in a small space , the impression of ...
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... employed his admission to the academy , which had in a praiseworthy manner : he particular- been opposed by his ... employ his genius homme ordinaire , and historian of France . any more in this manner . His answer As such , he ...
... employed his admission to the academy , which had in a praiseworthy manner : he particular- been opposed by his ... employ his genius homme ordinaire , and historian of France . any more in this manner . His answer As such , he ...
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... employed the weapons of ridicule , and the boldest eloquence , against all which contravened his ideas of freedom and in- dependence . To the clergy he was par- ticularly hostile , on account of their intol erance and persecuting spirit ...
... employed the weapons of ridicule , and the boldest eloquence , against all which contravened his ideas of freedom and in- dependence . To the clergy he was par- ticularly hostile , on account of their intol erance and persecuting spirit ...
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... employed himself in the pro- duction of various learned works . In 1670 , he visited England , and was ad- mitted to the degree of LL . D. at Oxford ; and , in 1673 , having been presented to a canonry , at Windsor , by Charles II , he ...
... employed himself in the pro- duction of various learned works . In 1670 , he visited England , and was ad- mitted to the degree of LL . D. at Oxford ; and , in 1673 , having been presented to a canonry , at Windsor , by Charles II , he ...
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