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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... period , the " voices " peculiar to him , the bass or ten- or , and in whom the change of voice , as every one knows , is prevented by previ- ous emasculation . But also many other causes , affecting especially the nervous system ...
... period , the " voices " peculiar to him , the bass or ten- or , and in whom the change of voice , as every one knows , is prevented by previ- ous emasculation . But also many other causes , affecting especially the nervous system ...
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... period , had given passage to re- peated streams of melted lava , sand and scorię . The first symptom of the revival of the energies of this volcano was the occurrence of an earthquake , A. D. 63 , which did considerable injury to the ...
... period , had given passage to re- peated streams of melted lava , sand and scorię . The first symptom of the revival of the energies of this volcano was the occurrence of an earthquake , A. D. 63 , which did considerable injury to the ...
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... period of five centuries , as if it had cooled down yester- day . The next eruption occurred i 1306 ; between which era and 1631 , ther was only one other ( in 1500 ) , and that a slight one . During this interval , a mem- orable event ...
... period of five centuries , as if it had cooled down yester- day . The next eruption occurred i 1306 ; between which era and 1631 , ther was only one other ( in 1500 ) , and that a slight one . During this interval , a mem- orable event ...
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... period . According to the Vulcanists , the land was raised up by an internal force ; the irregularities which diversify its surface are the effects of volcanic eruptions ; and the transported soils have been formed by the disintegra ...
... period . According to the Vulcanists , the land was raised up by an internal force ; the irregularities which diversify its surface are the effects of volcanic eruptions ; and the transported soils have been formed by the disintegra ...
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... period of the church , a Latin translation of the Old Testament existed , called Itala , made after the Septu- agint . ( q . v . ) St. Jerome found that this translation was not always accurate , and made a new Latin translation from ...
... period of the church , a Latin translation of the Old Testament existed , called Itala , made after the Septu- agint . ( q . v . ) St. Jerome found that this translation was not always accurate , and made a new Latin translation from ...
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| Title | 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 13 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, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford |
| Editor | Francis Lieber |
| Contributors | Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake |
| Publisher | Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 6 Oct 2010 |
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