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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Page 13
... afterwards taken under. voice in animals and men , we refer the reader to Blumenbach's Manual of Comparative Anatomy ( translated by W. Lawrence , revised by Coulson , London , 1827 ) . Respecting the sounds of human language , by the ...
... afterwards taken under. voice in animals and men , we refer the reader to Blumenbach's Manual of Comparative Anatomy ( translated by W. Lawrence , revised by Coulson , London , 1827 ) . Respecting the sounds of human language , by the ...
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... afterwards raised , form rocks of a mixed character , such as tufas , peperinos and volcanic conglomerates . Besides the ejections which fall on the cone , and that much greater mass which finds its way gradually to the neighboring sea ...
... afterwards raised , form rocks of a mixed character , such as tufas , peperinos and volcanic conglomerates . Besides the ejections which fall on the cone , and that much greater mass which finds its way gradually to the neighboring sea ...
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... afterwards , another mouth opened below , from which flames and smoke issued ; and finally , a fifth , lower still , whence a torrent of lava flowed , which spread itself , with great velocity , over the valley Del Bove . This stream ...
... afterwards , another mouth opened below , from which flames and smoke issued ; and finally , a fifth , lower still , whence a torrent of lava flowed , which spread itself , with great velocity , over the valley Del Bove . This stream ...
Page 21
... engraver , born at Bassano , in 1733 , spent his early years in ex- ecuting drawings for embroidery . Having acquired the use of the burin , without any instruction , he afterwards went to Venice , where he VOLCANOES - VOLPATO 21.
... engraver , born at Bassano , in 1733 , spent his early years in ex- ecuting drawings for embroidery . Having acquired the use of the burin , without any instruction , he afterwards went to Venice , where he VOLCANOES - VOLPATO 21.
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... afterwards went to Venice , where he executed engravings , in con- nexion with Bartolozzi , for Wagner , a picture dealer , and finally left Venice for Rome . Here a society of amateurs , at the head of whom was Ercole Bonajuti , had ...
... afterwards went to Venice , where he executed engravings , in con- nexion with Bartolozzi , for Wagner , a picture dealer , and finally left Venice for Rome . Here a society of amateurs , at the head of whom was Ercole Bonajuti , had ...
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