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, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1833 |
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... color ; and it is almost as sterile , after a period of five centuries , as if it had cooled down yester- day . The next eruption occurred in 1306 ; between which era and 1631 , there was only one other ( in 1500 ) , and that a slight ...
... color ; and it is almost as sterile , after a period of five centuries , as if it had cooled down yester- day . The next eruption occurred in 1306 ; between which era and 1631 , there was only one other ( in 1500 ) , and that a slight ...
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... colors . The general color of the plumage is red- dish white , with the wings and tail black . This and the preceding species are re- markable for having a comb and fleshy caruncles on the head of the male . Two other small species of ...
... colors . The general color of the plumage is red- dish white , with the wings and tail black . This and the preceding species are re- markable for having a comb and fleshy caruncles on the head of the male . Two other small species of ...
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... color several shades of yellow , sometimes nearly orange - yellow , often in- clining to gray ; streak white ; translu- cent ; hardness nearly that of feldspar ; specific gravity 3.11 . It consists of Phosphoric acid , Fluoric acid ...
... color several shades of yellow , sometimes nearly orange - yellow , often in- clining to gray ; streak white ; translu- cent ; hardness nearly that of feldspar ; specific gravity 3.11 . It consists of Phosphoric acid , Fluoric acid ...
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... colors , and cleven cannons ) . The loss of the French cannot be reckoned at less . On the 7th , 9th and 10th , the arch- duke retreated , constantly fighting , to the heights of Znaym , where Marmont and Masséna reached him . On the ...
... colors , and cleven cannons ) . The loss of the French cannot be reckoned at less . On the 7th , 9th and 10th , the arch- duke retreated , constantly fighting , to the heights of Znaym , where Marmont and Masséna reached him . On the ...
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... colors , and attain a much larger size . Double and semi - double va- rieties are common in gardens . It is a beautiful and favorite ornamental plant . Being an acrid and hardy evergreen , it is sometimes sown in pastures , together ...
... colors , and attain a much larger size . Double and semi - double va- rieties are common in gardens . It is a beautiful and favorite ornamental plant . Being an acrid and hardy evergreen , it is sometimes sown in pastures , together ...
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