The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 3Americana Company, 1904 |
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... island of Tofoa , in lat . 19 ° S. and lon . 184 ° E. , and managed by admirable skill and perseverance , though not without enduring fearful hardships , to reach the island of Timor in 41 days , after running nearly 4,000 miles without ...
... island of Tofoa , in lat . 19 ° S. and lon . 184 ° E. , and managed by admirable skill and perseverance , though not without enduring fearful hardships , to reach the island of Timor in 41 days , after running nearly 4,000 miles without ...
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... island which See BLOCK ISLAND . bears his name . Block , a mechanical contrivance consisting of one or more grooved pulleys mounted in a casing or shell which is furnished with a hook , eye , or strap by which it may be attached to an ...
... island which See BLOCK ISLAND . bears his name . Block , a mechanical contrivance consisting of one or more grooved pulleys mounted in a casing or shell which is furnished with a hook , eye , or strap by which it may be attached to an ...
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... Island , an island in the Atlantic Ocean , midway between Montauk Point , L. I. , and Point Judith , R. I .; eight miles long , and from two to five miles wide . It belongs to the State of Rhode Island , from the shore of which it is ...
... Island , an island in the Atlantic Ocean , midway between Montauk Point , L. I. , and Point Judith , R. I .; eight miles long , and from two to five miles wide . It belongs to the State of Rhode Island , from the shore of which it is ...
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... island in 1898 . Blocks of Five , a political expression in the United States , originating in the presidential campaign of 1888. A letter purporting to have been written by the treasurer of the Republican National Committee to the ...
... island in 1898 . Blocks of Five , a political expression in the United States , originating in the presidential campaign of 1888. A letter purporting to have been written by the treasurer of the Republican National Committee to the ...
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... Island , Ill . , a city of Cook County situated on the Calumet River and on the Illi- nois C. , the Chicago , R. I. & P. , the Chicago & G. T. , and the Chicago & C. T. R.R.'s . It forms a southern suburb of Chicago , about two miles ...
... Island , Ill . , a city of Cook County situated on the Calumet River and on the Illi- nois C. , the Chicago , R. I. & P. , the Chicago & G. T. , and the Chicago & C. T. R.R.'s . It forms a southern suburb of Chicago , about two miles ...
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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...