Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; 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 Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
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... Italy , he introduced the cultiva- tion of the potato into Lombardy . 1794 , he received the Copleian medal from the royal society of London , on ac- count of his paper upon the condenser ; and , in 1801 , his electric apparatus at ...
... Italy , he introduced the cultiva- tion of the potato into Lombardy . 1794 , he received the Copleian medal from the royal society of London , on ac- count of his paper upon the condenser ; and , in 1801 , his electric apparatus at ...
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... Italy fourteen years , when he was sent for by Louis XIII , to work in his palaces , and furnished some of the apartments of the Louvre , the palace of Luxembourg , and the galleries of cardinal Richelieu , and other public places ...
... Italy fourteen years , when he was sent for by Louis XIII , to work in his palaces , and furnished some of the apartments of the Louvre , the palace of Luxembourg , and the galleries of cardinal Richelieu , and other public places ...
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... Italian or Ger- man ) seems to us to depend , in some slight measure , on a curvature of the tongue . Tubes , with various openings , have been invented , which produce the sounds of the five vowels a , e , i , o , u , as pronounced in ...
... Italian or Ger- man ) seems to us to depend , in some slight measure , on a curvature of the tongue . Tubes , with various openings , have been invented , which produce the sounds of the five vowels a , e , i , o , u , as pronounced in ...
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... Italian u , though , as stated in the article U , that letter is used to indi- cate the pronunciation of the English w . The w , being a strong breathing , is nearly related to all aspirated sounds , and through them again to the ...
... Italian u , though , as stated in the article U , that letter is used to indi- cate the pronunciation of the English w . The w , being a strong breathing , is nearly related to all aspirated sounds , and through them again to the ...
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... Italy , several fine paintings . In 1819 , he was made a member of the sen- ate of the academy of fine arts at Berlin . Among his paintings are the resurrection of Christ , for the altar of the Protestant church in Moscow , and a ...
... Italy , several fine paintings . In 1819 , he was made a member of the sen- ate of the academy of fine arts at Berlin . Among his paintings are the resurrection of Christ , for the altar of the Protestant church in Moscow , and a ...
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