The Encyclopedia Americana: A General Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Etc., of the World; Editor-in-chief, Frederick Converse Beach ... Managing Editor, Forrest Morgan ... Assistant Editors, Nathan Haskell Dole ... Edward Thomas Roe ... Thomas Campbell Copeland ...Frederick Converse Beach, Forrest Morgan, E. T. Roe, George Edwin Rines, Nathan Haskell Dole, Edward Thomas Roe, Thomas Campbell Copeland Americana Company, 1903 |
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... American Birds ' ( Boston 1874 ) ; Ingersoll , ' Wild Life of Orchard and Field ' ( 1902 ) . Blackbreast , a local name among Ameri- can sportsmen for ( 1 ) the black - bellied plover ( Charadrius squatarola ) ; ( 2 ) the dunlin ...
... American Birds ' ( Boston 1874 ) ; Ingersoll , ' Wild Life of Orchard and Field ' ( 1902 ) . Blackbreast , a local name among Ameri- can sportsmen for ( 1 ) the black - bellied plover ( Charadrius squatarola ) ; ( 2 ) the dunlin ...
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... American artillery held them in check for a time , but the troops pushed forward . The Americans fled in wild disorder ; the confu- sion spread and soon Gen. Winder , the American commander , gave orders for a general retreat . The ...
... American artillery held them in check for a time , but the troops pushed forward . The Americans fled in wild disorder ; the confu- sion spread and soon Gen. Winder , the American commander , gave orders for a general retreat . The ...
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... American chem- ist : b . Kentucky , 20 Sept. 1848. He graduated at the United States Naval Academy , 1866 ; was chief chemist to the United States Commission to test iron , steel , and other metals , 1875-8 , and to the United States ...
... American chem- ist : b . Kentucky , 20 Sept. 1848. He graduated at the United States Naval Academy , 1866 ; was chief chemist to the United States Commission to test iron , steel , and other metals , 1875-8 , and to the United States ...
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... American philanthro- pist : b . Belvidere , N. J. , 22 Aug. 1802 ; d . 2 Dec. 1899. In early life he was a merchant and banker ; subsequently becoming the individual owner of more miles of railroad property than any other man in the ...
... American philanthro- pist : b . Belvidere , N. J. , 22 Aug. 1802 ; d . 2 Dec. 1899. In early life he was a merchant and banker ; subsequently becoming the individual owner of more miles of railroad property than any other man in the ...
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... American actor : b . Halifax , N. S. , 1805 ; d . Boston , 22 April 1863 . His first appearance on the American stage was at the old Chatham Theatre , New York , under the management of Mr. Barrere , in 1824 , as Frederic in The Poor ...
... American actor : b . Halifax , N. S. , 1805 ; d . Boston , 22 April 1863 . His first appearance on the American stage was at the old Chatham Theatre , New York , under the management of Mr. Barrere , in 1824 , as Frederic in The Poor ...
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