5000 Facts and Fancies: A Cyclopaedia of Important, Curious, Quaint, and Unique Information in History, Literature, Science, Art, and Nature ...G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1901 - 816 Seiten |
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... Stone . ( 4 ) A Shadow . ( 5 ) An Embryo . ( 6 ) Love . ( 7 ) A Dissected Person . ( 8 ) Hemp . Æneid . The name of the great Latin epic poem , written by Virgil ( 70-19 B.C. ) . It is in twelve books , and records the wanderings of ...
... Stone . ( 4 ) A Shadow . ( 5 ) An Embryo . ( 6 ) Love . ( 7 ) A Dissected Person . ( 8 ) Hemp . Æneid . The name of the great Latin epic poem , written by Virgil ( 70-19 B.C. ) . It is in twelve books , and records the wanderings of ...
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... Stone Age . ( 2 ) The Bronze Age . ( 3 ) The Iron Age . In the Stone Age , man was in a state of savagism , and used stone im- plements and weapons . This age is further subdivided into the Palæolithic or Old Stone Age ( called also the ...
... Stone Age . ( 2 ) The Bronze Age . ( 3 ) The Iron Age . In the Stone Age , man was in a state of savagism , and used stone im- plements and weapons . This age is further subdivided into the Palæolithic or Old Stone Age ( called also the ...
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... stone , but the corridors and pavilions are of marble , -beautifully carved , and inlaid with jasper , agate , lapis - lazuli , and other precious stones . The build- ing is , as Bayard Taylor declares , in a far better state of ...
... stone , but the corridors and pavilions are of marble , -beautifully carved , and inlaid with jasper , agate , lapis - lazuli , and other precious stones . The build- ing is , as Bayard Taylor declares , in a far better state of ...
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... Stone , " by means of which all the baser metals might be transmuted into gold and silver . ( 2 ) To produce the " Elixir Vitæ " ( Elixir of Life ) , by means of which human life might be indefinitely pro- longed . Paracelsus ( 1493 ...
... Stone , " by means of which all the baser metals might be transmuted into gold and silver . ( 2 ) To produce the " Elixir Vitæ " ( Elixir of Life ) , by means of which human life might be indefinitely pro- longed . Paracelsus ( 1493 ...
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... stone was laid by President Grant on June 2nd , 1874 , and the building was formally opened by Presi- dent Hayes on ... stones of the United States , presented by Morris K. Jesup ; the American gems and gem - minerals exhibited by ...
... stone was laid by President Grant on June 2nd , 1874 , and the building was formally opened by Presi- dent Hayes on ... stones of the United States , presented by Morris K. Jesup ; the American gems and gem - minerals exhibited by ...
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