5000 Facts and Fancies: A Cyclopaedia of Important, Curious, Quaint, and Unique Information in History, Literature, Science, Art, and Nature ...Gale Research Company, 1966 - 816 Seiten |
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... contains , in addition , the President's Room , the most richly decorated in America ; the Vice - President's Room ... containing the Rotunda , the National Hall of Statuary , and the Supreme Court ; a north wing for the Senate Chamber ...
... contains , in addition , the President's Room , the most richly decorated in America ; the Vice - President's Room ... containing the Rotunda , the National Hall of Statuary , and the Supreme Court ; a north wing for the Senate Chamber ...
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... contains at the present time about 1300 works of art . Among the most important additions may be mentioned the collections of Robert Vernon ( 1847 ) , J. M. W. Turner ( 1856 ) , and Wynn Ellis ( 1876 ) . The National Gallery contains ...
... contains at the present time about 1300 works of art . Among the most important additions may be mentioned the collections of Robert Vernon ( 1847 ) , J. M. W. Turner ( 1856 ) , and Wynn Ellis ( 1876 ) . The National Gallery contains ...
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... contains the largest and most powerful refracting telescope in existence , with the exception of the one in Paris now in course of construction . This in- strument has an object - glass 40 inches in diameter ( made by Alvan Clark ...
... contains the largest and most powerful refracting telescope in existence , with the exception of the one in Paris now in course of construction . This in- strument has an object - glass 40 inches in diameter ( made by Alvan Clark ...
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