Encyclopędia 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, Volume 13Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1835 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 15
... tremity to the other , and continuous tracts , together with the bed of the Pacific , have been raised permanently from one to twenty feet above their former level . who ) . This was done particularly in An- glo VOICE - VOLCANOES . 15.
... tremity to the other , and continuous tracts , together with the bed of the Pacific , have been raised permanently from one to twenty feet above their former level . who ) . This was done particularly in An- glo VOICE - VOLCANOES . 15.
Page 16
... feet wide , to quakes occur , uninterruptedly , from Chile the depth of 600 feet , forming barriers , to the north of Mexico ; and it seems whereby rivers were dammed up , and probable , that they will hereafter be found lakes ...
... feet wide , to quakes occur , uninterruptedly , from Chile the depth of 600 feet , forming barriers , to the north of Mexico ; and it seems whereby rivers were dammed up , and probable , that they will hereafter be found lakes ...
Page 18
... feet above the bed of the nomena ; but it is most singular that Mediterranean , and has ever since rePliny , although giving a circumstantial mained permanently elevated . On the detail of so many physical facts , and en- third of ...
... feet above the bed of the nomena ; but it is most singular that Mediterranean , and has ever since rePliny , although giving a circumstantial mained permanently elevated . On the detail of so many physical facts , and en- third of ...
Page 19
... feet , the mass consisting chiefly of disseminated crystals of augite , leucite , or volcanic matter ejected above the surface some other mineral , imbedded in a more of the water . The base of the cone is earthy base . These ...
... feet , the mass consisting chiefly of disseminated crystals of augite , leucite , or volcanic matter ejected above the surface some other mineral , imbedded in a more of the water . The base of the cone is earthy base . These ...
Page 20
... feet in surrounding materials . The most plauheight ; and Jorullo , the central one , was sible theory of volcanoes is that suggested elevated 1600 feet above the level of the by sir H. Davy , soon after he had dissea . A subsequent ...
... feet in surrounding materials . The most plauheight ; and Jorullo , the central one , was sible theory of volcanoes is that suggested elevated 1600 feet above the level of the by sir H. Davy , soon after he had dissea . A subsequent ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acid afterwards ancient animals appeared appointed army attack Auburn system battle became Belgians Belgium body Bohemia born borough British Brussels called carbonic acid cause celebrated character Charles cholera church color command considerable contains court death died disease distinguished doctor duke Dutch elected emperor employed England English epidemic eral father favor feet fever force France Frederic French German Greek Holland inhabitants islands Italy king labor land language latter London lord Lusatia ment miles minister natural Netherlands Paris period person prince principal prisoners produced province Prussian published received returned Ricimer river Roman Rome royal Saxon sent sometimes soon Spain square miles Stilicho symptoms tained tion took town troops Visigoths vols Voltaire Wahabees West whig whole William wine wool writing Würzburg Zürich
Popular passages
Page 233 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Page 481 - Robbery, and being convicted thereof shall suffer Death without Benefit of Clergy, and Loss of Lands, Goods and Chattels, as Pirates, Felons and Robbers upon the Seas ought to suffer.
Page 473 - Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
Page 473 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Page 170 - A PRACTICAL VIEW OF THE PREVAILING RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS of PROFESSED CHRISTIANS, in the Higher and Middle Classes in this Country, contrasted with Real Christianity.
Page 70 - resolved that the thanks of Congress in their own name, and in the name of the Thirteen United Colonies whom they represent, be presented to his Excellency General Washington, and the officers and soldiers under his command, for their wise and spirited conduct in the siege and acquisition of Boston...
Page 102 - White Devil, or, the Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Ursini, Duke of Brachiano, with the Life and Death of Vittoria Corombona, the famous Venetian Curtizan.
Page 473 - Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel : and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
Page 62 - He was a man of vigorous faculties, a mind fervid and vehement supplied by incessant and unlimited inquiry, with wonderful extent and variety of knowledge, which yet had not oppressed his imagination nor clouded his perspicacity.
Page 433 - We found the people of the Rio Negro swarthier than those of the lower Orinoco, and yet the banks of the first of these rivers enjoy a much cooler climate than the more northern regions. In the forests of Guiana, especially...