Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography. A New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed. of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber Bazin and Ellsworth, 1859 |
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... length and number of so multifarious a collection of articles to the proposed limits , it was found , on approaching the end of the work , that it would be impossible strictly to adhere to these limits , without so curtailing what ...
... length and number of so multifarious a collection of articles to the proposed limits , it was found , on approaching the end of the work , that it would be impossible strictly to adhere to these limits , without so curtailing what ...
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... 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 ...
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... length . As this happened exactly at the same time as the great earthquake of Caraccas , it is probable that these two points are parts of one continuous volcanic region ; for he wnole circumference of the interven- volcanic mountains ...
... length . As this happened exactly at the same time as the great earthquake of Caraccas , it is probable that these two points are parts of one continuous volcanic region ; for he wnole circumference of the interven- volcanic mountains ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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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