Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; 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 Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
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... LEXICON . EDITED BY FRANCIS LIEBER , ASSISTED BY E. WIGGLESWORTH AND T. G. BRADFORD . VOL . XIII . UNIVERSITY PHILADELPHIA : BLANCHARD AND LEA . 1851 . ANAL VIRGINIA LIBRARY 1819 * AE 5 ER96 1851 193423 v.13 Entered , according to.
... LEXICON . EDITED BY FRANCIS LIEBER , ASSISTED BY E. WIGGLESWORTH AND T. G. BRADFORD . VOL . XIII . UNIVERSITY PHILADELPHIA : BLANCHARD AND LEA . 1851 . ANAL VIRGINIA LIBRARY 1819 * AE 5 ER96 1851 193423 v.13 Entered , according to.
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... ( according to the opinion of Ferrein ) vibrate like the strings of an instrument , and produce va- rious sounds , as they are more or less tense ; or ( according to the opinion of Dodart and Cuvier ) form certain cavities , in which the ...
... ( according to the opinion of Ferrein ) vibrate like the strings of an instrument , and produce va- rious sounds , as they are more or less tense ; or ( according to the opinion of Dodart and Cuvier ) form certain cavities , in which the ...
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... according to the situation in the mouth where the inter- ruption occurs , and to the manner in which it occurs , that many most distinct modifications thence arise . Thus any continued sound , as a , if arrested by a closure of the ...
... according to the situation in the mouth where the inter- ruption occurs , and to the manner in which it occurs , that many most distinct modifications thence arise . Thus any continued sound , as a , if arrested by a closure of the ...
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... according to some , five volcanoes , in the peninsula of California . In the year 1812 , violent earthquakes convulsed the valley of the Mississippi at New Madrid , for the space of three hundred miles in length . As this happened ...
... according to some , five volcanoes , in the peninsula of California . In the year 1812 , violent earthquakes convulsed the valley of the Mississippi at New Madrid , for the space of three hundred miles in length . As this happened ...
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... According to the custom of the time , he was obliged to leave the family name to the eldest son , and therefore assumed that name which has since become so fa- mous . His father wished to see him a lawyer and advocate ; but his love of ...
... According to the custom of the time , he was obliged to leave the family name to the eldest son , and therefore assumed that name which has since become so fa- mous . His father wished to see him a lawyer and advocate ; but his love of ...
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