Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time ; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography ; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Volum 12Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1836 |
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Pàgina 7
... known that the ancient Romans had no particular covering for the legs ( see Breeches ) ; but during the middle ages , hose , or leggins , made of cloth , came into use ; and , at a later period , the art of knit- ting stockings was ...
... known that the ancient Romans had no particular covering for the legs ( see Breeches ) ; but during the middle ages , hose , or leggins , made of cloth , came into use ; and , at a later period , the art of knit- ting stockings was ...
Pàgina 31
... known of the circumstances of his life . He distinguished himself as an advocate , obtained the tribuneship through the influence of Pliny the younger , and was appointed secretary ( magister episto- larum ) to the emperor Adrian . From ...
... known of the circumstances of his life . He distinguished himself as an advocate , obtained the tribuneship through the influence of Pliny the younger , and was appointed secretary ( magister episto- larum ) to the emperor Adrian . From ...
Pàgina 33
... known under the name of Sufi , wrote a History of the most fa- mous Sheiks of the Order of the Dervises ( Nachbendi ) in the year 1503 ( Hegira 909 ) . The order of Nacshbendi origin- ated , indeed , as late as the time of sultan Osman ...
... known under the name of Sufi , wrote a History of the most fa- mous Sheiks of the Order of the Dervises ( Nachbendi ) in the year 1503 ( Hegira 909 ) . The order of Nacshbendi origin- ated , indeed , as late as the time of sultan Osman ...
Pàgina 54
... known , and produces a greater degree of cold by its evaporation than any other substance . It takes fire in the open air , at a temperature scarcely above 620 ° . It is scarcely soluble in water ; but alcohol and ether dissolve it ...
... known , and produces a greater degree of cold by its evaporation than any other substance . It takes fire in the open air , at a temperature scarcely above 620 ° . It is scarcely soluble in water ; but alcohol and ether dissolve it ...
Pàgina 55
... known . Some per- sons are affected by touching or smelling any part of it , or even by coming within a certain distance ; while others appear to Le entirely exempt from its influence . When the poison has been communicat- ed ...
... known . Some per- sons are affected by touching or smelling any part of it , or even by coming within a certain distance ; while others appear to Le entirely exempt from its influence . When the poison has been communicat- ed ...
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