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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Page 7
... observed that the images which constitute the subject of spectral illu- sions assume the form of figures which have been rendered familiar to the mind , and which have made strong impres- sions upon it . The sights seen bear a strict ...
... observed that the images which constitute the subject of spectral illu- sions assume the form of figures which have been rendered familiar to the mind , and which have made strong impres- sions upon it . The sights seen bear a strict ...
Page 10
... 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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