Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed. of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 8Francis Lieber Mussey & Company, 1851 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... death did not take place till January 11 , 1778. Besides his works on natural history , he published . a classi- fied Materia Medica , and a systematic treatise on nosology , entitled Genera Mor- borum . Few men in the history of sci ...
... death did not take place till January 11 , 1778. Besides his works on natural history , he published . a classi- fied Materia Medica , and a systematic treatise on nosology , entitled Genera Mor- borum . Few men in the history of sci ...
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... death took place in 1488 ; and , although he was then 67 , it is said to have been the result of an intrigue with a female of a re- spectable family , poison being employed by her relatives for his destruction . He left one son ...
... death took place in 1488 ; and , although he was then 67 , it is said to have been the result of an intrigue with a female of a re- spectable family , poison being employed by her relatives for his destruction . He left one son ...
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... death took place on the 7th December , 1808 , at which 1791 , took his seat in the house of com mons , in which he distinguished himself as a debater and an efficient member of the house . In 1801 , he was appointed secretary of state ...
... death took place on the 7th December , 1808 , at which 1791 , took his seat in the house of com mons , in which he distinguished himself as a debater and an efficient member of the house . In 1801 , he was appointed secretary of state ...
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... deaths of the young Marcellus , of Lucius Cæsar , and the banishment of Agrippa Posthumus . Augustus , having no longer any ... death , and forbade divine honors to be paid to her memory . LIVINGSTON , Philip , one of the signers of the ...
... deaths of the young Marcellus , of Lucius Cæsar , and the banishment of Agrippa Posthumus . Augustus , having no longer any ... death , and forbade divine honors to be paid to her memory . LIVINGSTON , Philip , one of the signers of the ...
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... death , which took place during the sittings of the court at Washington , March 18 , 1823 , in the 66th year of his age . He possessed a mind of uncommon acuteness and ener- gy , and enjoyed the reputation of an ac- complished scholar ...
... death , which took place during the sittings of the court at Washington , March 18 , 1823 , in the 66th year of his age . He possessed a mind of uncommon acuteness and ener- gy , and enjoyed the reputation of an ac- complished scholar ...
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Page 82 - And that in the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist, there is truly, really, and substantially the body and blood, together with the SOUL and DIVINITY of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 240 - States authorizes the supreme court " to issue writs of mandamus, in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States.
Page 487 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals...
Page 75 - It is near six inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the former being about half an inch, and the latter two inches and a half.
Page 370 - To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts.
Page 370 - The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.
Page 309 - States, but shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the said prisoner shall have made his plea, as to object to any leading question to any of the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself...
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Page 507 - The standard scale, which consists of 10 common minerals arranged in order of increasing hardness, is as follows: 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 3. Calcite 4. Fluorite 5. Apatite 6. Feldspar 7. Quartz 8. Topaz 9. Corundum 10. Diamond By using the above reference minerals, the hardness of an unknown mineral can be determined.
Page 11 - Holy God ! Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal ! have mercy upon us !" and this gave rise to the litany.