The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 3Americana Company, 1904 |
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... important subject ; and the manner in which he executed the task has con- ferred a lasting distinction on Oxford . His first course was delivered in 1753 , and was repeated for a series of years with increasing effect and reputation ...
... important subject ; and the manner in which he executed the task has con- ferred a lasting distinction on Oxford . His first course was delivered in 1753 , and was repeated for a series of years with increasing effect and reputation ...
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... important capacities with the Paris Exposition of 1867 , the Vienna Exposition ( 1873 ) , United States Centennial Exhibition ( 1876 ) , Paris Uni- versal Exposition ( 1878 ) , and drafted the sys- tem of classification of United States ...
... important capacities with the Paris Exposition of 1867 , the Vienna Exposition ( 1873 ) , United States Centennial Exhibition ( 1876 ) , Paris Uni- versal Exposition ( 1878 ) , and drafted the sys- tem of classification of United States ...
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... important modern improvements in blasting is the firing of the charge by electricity . This mode is more especially applicable to sub- marine blasting , and was first practised for that purpose by Gen. Pasley , in 1839. The only thing ...
... important modern improvements in blasting is the firing of the charge by electricity . This mode is more especially applicable to sub- marine blasting , and was first practised for that purpose by Gen. Pasley , in 1839. The only thing ...
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... important , since the blood cannot be seen , and one has to rely on the symptoms solely . These are usually a beginning sense of faintness or weakness , and perhaps some nausea . The extremities com- mence to get cold and white , the ...
... important , since the blood cannot be seen , and one has to rely on the symptoms solely . These are usually a beginning sense of faintness or weakness , and perhaps some nausea . The extremities com- mence to get cold and white , the ...
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... important ingredients , the plasma , or blood serum ; red cells , or erythrocytes ; white cells , or leucocytes ; and blood plates . About one tenth to one twelfth of the entire body is blood , of which nine tenths is water . The Plasma ...
... important ingredients , the plasma , or blood serum ; red cells , or erythrocytes ; white cells , or leucocytes ; and blood plates . About one tenth to one twelfth of the entire body is blood , of which nine tenths is water . The Plasma ...
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Page 106 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Page 106 - Society ; the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the University of Glasgow in 1806; and in 1808 he was elected a member of the French Institute.
Page 200 - Yet do I believe that all this is true, which indeed my reason would persuade me to be false ; and this I think is no vulgar part of faith, to believe a thing not only above, but contrary to reason, and against the arguments of our proper senses.
Page 130 - Authority of Holy Scripture (1891); The Bible, the Church, and the Reason (1892); The Higher Criticism of the Hexateuch (1893); The Messiah of the Gospels...
Page 13 - ... apple, plum, orange or nut to each tree. What would be the result? In five staples only, in the United States alone, the inexhaustible forces of Nature would .produce annually, without effort and without cost, 5,200,000 extra bushels of corn, 15,000,000 extra bushels of wheat, 20,000,000 extra bushels of oats, 1,500,000 extra bushels of barley, 21,000,000 extra bushels of potatoes.
Page 105 - B. resolved to make the attempt with such assistance as he could obtain from private individuals. He, however, previously went to Paris, to improve his acquaintance with physical and mathematical science. His reception from the French literati was extremely flattering. A public eulogium was pronounced on him at a meeting of the institute, and an advantageous appointment was offered him by the French government. To obtain funds for the prosecution of his favorite project, B. also published a translation...