The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Том 8Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) 1839 |
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... English against the French in 1801. Elba reverted to the grand duke of Tuscany , after the departure of Napoleon . Population about 14,000 . Several islets around it are uninhabited . Long . of Porto Ferrajo , 10 ° 19 ′ 35 ′′ E .; lat ...
... English against the French in 1801. Elba reverted to the grand duke of Tuscany , after the departure of Napoleon . Population about 14,000 . Several islets around it are uninhabited . Long . of Porto Ferrajo , 10 ° 19 ′ 35 ′′ E .; lat ...
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... English electrician , who distin- guished himself by a very successful repetition of Dr. Franklin's experiments on atmospherical electricity ; a method of electrifying the air of a room , either positively or negatively ; and par ...
... English electrician , who distin- guished himself by a very successful repetition of Dr. Franklin's experiments on atmospherical electricity ; a method of electrifying the air of a room , either positively or negatively ; and par ...
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... English prose , when diately concerned . It gave a new tone to the she was eleven years old . It was dedicated to ... English , 1593. 9. Sallustius de Bello Jugurthino , translated into English , 1590. 10 . A Play of Euripides ...
... English prose , when diately concerned . It gave a new tone to the she was eleven years old . It was dedicated to ... English , 1593. 9. Sallustius de Bello Jugurthino , translated into English , 1590. 10 . A Play of Euripides ...
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... English and Fle- mish ; the former containing three feet nine in- ches , or one yard and a quarter ; the latter only twenty - seven inches , or three quarters of a yard ; so that the ell English is to the Flemish ell as five to three ...
... English and Fle- mish ; the former containing three feet nine in- ches , or one yard and a quarter ; the latter only twenty - seven inches , or three quarters of a yard ; so that the ell English is to the Flemish ell as five to three ...
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... English Poets , 3 vols . 8vo . 2. Preface , Notes , and Appendix , to a Translation of Le Grand's Fabliaux , 2 vols . 8vo . 3. Specimens of English Metrical Romances , 3 vols . 8vo . ELLIS ( John ) , F. R. S. , a zoological and botani ...
... English Poets , 3 vols . 8vo . 2. Preface , Notes , and Appendix , to a Translation of Le Grand's Fabliaux , 2 vols . 8vo . 3. Specimens of English Metrical Romances , 3 vols . 8vo . ELLIS ( John ) , F. R. S. , a zoological and botani ...
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