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, Volum 2Francis Lieber Mussey & Company, 1851 |
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... backs The criminal was laid upon the ground , and one of the executioners sat upon his head , another upon his feet . By the code of Catherine II , this punishment was abolished . 星 a BATTUECAS , Las ; two valleys , enclosed.
... backs The criminal was laid upon the ground , and one of the executioners sat upon his head , another upon his feet . By the code of Catherine II , this punishment was abolished . 星 a BATTUECAS , Las ; two valleys , enclosed.
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... feet thick at the apex of the cone : some have been found as much as eight feet thick at top . The door or entrance is always on the side farthest from land , and is near the foundation , or a considerable depth under water : this is ...
... feet thick at the apex of the cone : some have been found as much as eight feet thick at top . The door or entrance is always on the side farthest from land , and is near the foundation , or a considerable depth under water : this is ...
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... feet high , and Dunning's moun- tain , on the east side , is 1100 feet high . A mile and a half south of the town , there are mineral springs , which were discovered in 1804 , and are much resort- ed to , and found useful in cutaneous ...
... feet high , and Dunning's moun- tain , on the east side , is 1100 feet high . A mile and a half south of the town , there are mineral springs , which were discovered in 1804 , and are much resort- ed to , and found useful in cutaneous ...
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... feet of water can come up to the wharves at full tide . It is well built , chiefly of brick ; the streets are broad , straight , well paved and lighted . It contains 13 houses of public worship . Belonging to the port are above 50 ...
... feet of water can come up to the wharves at full tide . It is well built , chiefly of brick ; the streets are broad , straight , well paved and lighted . It contains 13 houses of public worship . Belonging to the port are above 50 ...
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... feet in circumference , and has a clap- per of 4 feet , weighing 11 cwt . Great Tom , of Christ church , Oxford , weighs 17,000 lbs .; of Lincoln , 9894 lbs .; the bell of St. Paul's , London , 8400 lbs .; a bell at Nankin , in China ...
... feet in circumference , and has a clap- per of 4 feet , weighing 11 cwt . Great Tom , of Christ church , Oxford , weighs 17,000 lbs .; of Lincoln , 9894 lbs .; the bell of St. Paul's , London , 8400 lbs .; a bell at Nankin , in China ...
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