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 13Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1835 |
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Page 12
... length of the windpipe , which can be in- creased or shortened , and the magnitude of the lungs in proportion to the width of the glottis , also contribute much , at least to the strength of the tone . The voice , however , is more ...
... length of the windpipe , which can be in- creased or shortened , and the magnitude of the lungs in proportion to the width of the glottis , also contribute much , at least to the strength of the tone . The voice , however , is more ...
Page 15
... length of the windpipe , which can be in- creased or shortened , and the magnitude of the lungs in proportion to the width of the glottis , also contribute much , at least to the strength of the tone . The voice , however , is more ...
... length of the windpipe , which can be in- creased or shortened , and the magnitude of the lungs in proportion to the width of the glottis , also contribute much , at least to the strength of the tone . The voice , however , is more ...
Page 17
... length doomed to cease , and the volcanic fire was recalled to the main channel , which , at some former , un- known period , had given passage to re- peated streams of melted lava , sand and scoriæ . The first symptom of the revival of ...
... length doomed to cease , and the volcanic fire was recalled to the main channel , which , at some former , un- known period , had given passage to re- peated streams of melted lava , sand and scoriæ . The first symptom of the revival of ...
Page 18
... length in an eruption . The elder Pliny , who commanded the Roman fleet , was then stationed at Misenum ; and , in his anxiety to obtain a near view of the phenomena , he lost his life , being suffocated with sulphureous vapors . His ...
... length in an eruption . The elder Pliny , who commanded the Roman fleet , was then stationed at Misenum ; and , in his anxiety to obtain a near view of the phenomena , he lost his life , being suffocated with sulphureous vapors . His ...
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... length released him from the ne- cessity of pursuing this study , by offering him a quiet residence on his estate , where Voltaire became intimate with the elder Caumartin , who awakened in him a great admiration of Henry IV , and of ...
... length released him from the ne- cessity of pursuing this study , by offering him a quiet residence on his estate , where Voltaire became intimate with the elder Caumartin , who awakened in him a great admiration of Henry IV , and of ...
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