Encyclopędia 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 13Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1835 |
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... continued. VISIGOTHS . The powerful confedera- cy of nations under the name of Goths ( q . v . ) , was , at an early period , geographi- cally divided into Ostrogoths , who had their seats on the Pontus , and Visigoths , who inhabited ...
... continued. VISIGOTHS . The powerful confedera- cy of nations under the name of Goths ( q . v . ) , was , at an early period , geographi- cally divided into Ostrogoths , who had their seats on the Pontus , and Visigoths , who inhabited ...
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... continued use of in- toxicating liquors . Under each of these heads , the author states a number of in- teresting facts , illustrative of the general theory . The second species of illusions , or optical illusions , are occasioned by ...
... continued use of in- toxicating liquors . Under each of these heads , the author states a number of in- teresting facts , illustrative of the general theory . The second species of illusions , or optical illusions , are occasioned by ...
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... continued to administer the execu- tive government during the term of four years , when Pedraza was chosen his suc- cessor . ( See Mexico , and Pedraza . ) VITTORIA , BATTLE OF , was fought on June 21 , 1813. In the middle of Februa- ry ...
... continued to administer the execu- tive government during the term of four years , when Pedraza was chosen his suc- cessor . ( See Mexico , and Pedraza . ) VITTORIA , BATTLE OF , was fought on June 21 , 1813. In the middle of Februa- ry ...
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... continued , in order to restore the lost fifth book of the Conic Sections of Apollonius . This work he published in 1659 , in folio , under the title De Maximis et Minimis Geometrica Divinatio in quintum Conico- rum Apollonii Pergai ...
... continued , in order to restore the lost fifth book of the Conic Sections of Apollonius . This work he published in 1659 , in folio , under the title De Maximis et Minimis Geometrica Divinatio in quintum Conico- rum Apollonii Pergai ...
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... continued or vowel sound is passing through the mouth , if it be interrupted , whether by a complete closure of the mouth , or only by an approximation of parts , the effect on the ear of a listener is so exceedingly different ...
... continued or vowel sound is passing through the mouth , if it be interrupted , whether by a complete closure of the mouth , or only by an approximation of parts , the effect on the ear of a listener is so exceedingly different ...
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