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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... observed , especially of the muscles of the face , which after a while become more violent . These convulsive motions vary considerably . The muscles of the extremities , and of the face , those moving the lower jaw , the head and the ...
... observed , especially of the muscles of the face , which after a while become more violent . These convulsive motions vary considerably . The muscles of the extremities , and of the face , those moving the lower jaw , the head and the ...
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... observed , that there is a central tract , where the greatest earth- quakes prevail , in which rocks are shat- tered and cities laid in ruins . On each side of this line of greatest commotion , there are parallel bands of country where ...
... observed , that there is a central tract , where the greatest earth- quakes prevail , in which rocks are shat- tered and cities laid in ruins . On each side of this line of greatest commotion , there are parallel bands of country where ...
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... observed , that springs and lakes suddenly dry up pre- vious to the active eruption of a volcano . VOLGA . ( See Wolga . ) VOLHYNIA ; a government of the Rus- sian empire , between the governments of Grodno and Podolia ; square miles ...
... observed , that springs and lakes suddenly dry up pre- vious to the active eruption of a volcano . VOLGA . ( See Wolga . ) VOLHYNIA ; a government of the Rus- sian empire , between the governments of Grodno and Podolia ; square miles ...
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... observations upon the bubbles which arise from stagnant water , led him also to some valuable discoveries in regard to gases . The electrical pistol , the eudiom- eter , the lamp with inflammable air , the electrical condenser , and ...
... observations upon the bubbles which arise from stagnant water , led him also to some valuable discoveries in regard to gases . The electrical pistol , the eudiom- eter , the lamp with inflammable air , the electrical condenser , and ...
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... observations upon this point , and upon others touched on in this article , see Voice . ) This difference in number , however , is sometimes founded more on the scarcity or abundance of characters , than on a difference of sounds ...
... observations upon this point , and upon others touched on in this article , see Voice . ) This difference in number , however , is sometimes founded more on the scarcity or abundance of characters , than on a difference of sounds ...
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