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 8Francis Lieber Mussey & Company, 1851 |
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Side 5
... called a pledgit ; if in a cylindrical form , or in shape of a date or olive stone , it is called a dossil . These different forms of lint are required for many purposes ; as , 1. to stop blood in fresh wounds , by filling them up ...
... called a pledgit ; if in a cylindrical form , or in shape of a date or olive stone , it is called a dossil . These different forms of lint are required for many purposes ; as , 1. to stop blood in fresh wounds , by filling them up ...
Side 7
... called Gulf of Lyons . The name is derived from lion , on account of the fierceness of the gales , at some seasons , in this gulf . The proper mode of writing it in French is Golfe du Lion . ( See Lyons , Gulf of . ) LION'S SHARE ; the ...
... called Gulf of Lyons . The name is derived from lion , on account of the fierceness of the gales , at some seasons , in this gulf . The proper mode of writing it in French is Golfe du Lion . ( See Lyons , Gulf of . ) LION'S SHARE ; the ...
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... called it , of barbarian descent . Their occupation was piracy . The mountaineers were robbers , constantly at war with their op- pressors . Missolonghi ( q . v . ) , the only strong - hold on the western coast , has been rendered ...
... called it , of barbarian descent . Their occupation was piracy . The mountaineers were robbers , constantly at war with their op- pressors . Missolonghi ( q . v . ) , the only strong - hold on the western coast , has been rendered ...
Side 24
... called to the house of peers as baron Hawkesbury . On the death of Pitt ( 1806 ) , the premiership was offered him , but declined ; and , after the short administration of Fox , his former office was again conferred on him , in the ...
... called to the house of peers as baron Hawkesbury . On the death of Pitt ( 1806 ) , the premiership was offered him , but declined ; and , after the short administration of Fox , his former office was again conferred on him , in the ...
Side 30
... called , in Spanish , mesas . The su- perficial area of the llanos is estimated at 296,800 square miles ; they ... called Llaneros ( q . v . ) . Farther to the south , such plains are called pampas ( q . v . ) . LLORENTE , don Juan ...
... called , in Spanish , mesas . The su- perficial area of the llanos is estimated at 296,800 square miles ; they ... called Llaneros ( q . v . ) . Farther to the south , such plains are called pampas ( q . v . ) . LLORENTE , don Juan ...
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Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 487 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 487 - ... shall be elected by the written votes of the captains and subalterns of their respective regiments ; the...
Side 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.
Side 11 - Holy God ! Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal ! have mercy upon us !" and this gave rise to the litany.