Encyclopaedia 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 7th Ed. of the German Conversations-LexiconFrancis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829 |
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Pàgina 2
... ancient instrument for facilitating arithmetical operations , which was , with the ancients , very necessary , as their way of writing numbers rendered any calculation very difficult . In architect- ure , Vitruvius tells us , it was ...
... ancient instrument for facilitating arithmetical operations , which was , with the ancients , very necessary , as their way of writing numbers rendered any calculation very difficult . In architect- ure , Vitruvius tells us , it was ...
Pàgina 18
... ancient Chris- tian church , absolution was a judicial act , by which the priest , in the name of the community , invoking the favor of God , announced to the penitent his remission from ecclesiastical punishment , and re- admission ...
... ancient Chris- tian church , absolution was a judicial act , by which the priest , in the name of the community , invoking the favor of God , announced to the penitent his remission from ecclesiastical punishment , and re- admission ...
Pàgina 19
... ancients called this country , and some of the parts adja- cent , in a peculiar sense , Ethiopia . They also gave the same ... ancient capital . The other kingdom was not known until the Greeks , under the successors of Alexander , had ...
... ancients called this country , and some of the parts adja- cent , in a peculiar sense , Ethiopia . They also gave the same ... ancient capital . The other kingdom was not known until the Greeks , under the successors of Alexander , had ...
Pàgina 23
... ancient historical works ; some for the first time , some in new editions . The Academy of Suabian History , at Tübingen , was established for the purpose of pub- lishing the best historical works , and the lives of the best historians ...
... ancient historical works ; some for the first time , some in new editions . The Academy of Suabian History , at Tübingen , was established for the purpose of pub- lishing the best historical works , and the lives of the best historians ...
Pàgina 27
... ancient ) , four points come under consideration : 1. If the accent coincides with a syllable which is long from me- chanical causes , it elevates the syllable , and imparts stress to its prosodial length . 2. The accent does not render ...
... ancient ) , four points come under consideration : 1. If the accent coincides with a syllable which is long from me- chanical causes , it elevates the syllable , and imparts stress to its prosodial length . 2. The accent does not render ...
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Encyclopaedia Americana. A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volum 1 Visualització completa - 1849 |
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