The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... French naturalist and artist , was born at Rochefort in 1759 . studied painting and drawing at Paris , and gained con- siderable reputation as a miniature painter . In 1787 he was employed to make drawings of some objects in a natural ...
... French naturalist and artist , was born at Rochefort in 1759 . studied painting and drawing at Paris , and gained con- siderable reputation as a miniature painter . In 1787 he was employed to make drawings of some objects in a natural ...
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... French | style . The Rape of the Sabines , after Poussin , is con- entomologist , was born at Paris , April 27 , 1797. He began sidered his masterpiece . the study of law , but was diverted from it by his strong predilection for natural ...
... French | style . The Rape of the Sabines , after Poussin , is con- entomologist , was born at Paris , April 27 , 1797. He began sidered his masterpiece . the study of law , but was diverted from it by his strong predilection for natural ...
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... French empire , and in the following year he was appointed to the command of the expedition against the Vorarlberg , which he quickly subdued . He also distinguished himself greatly in the battles of Jena and Eylau . In 1809-10 he ...
... French empire , and in the following year he was appointed to the command of the expedition against the Vorarlberg , which he quickly subdued . He also distinguished himself greatly in the battles of Jena and Eylau . In 1809-10 he ...
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... French . In 1694 he succeeded his elder brother as elector of Saxony , and shortly after , having entered into alliance with Austria , was appointed to the chief command of the imperial forces against the Turks . In 1697 , after having ...
... French . In 1694 he succeeded his elder brother as elector of Saxony , and shortly after , having entered into alliance with Austria , was appointed to the chief command of the imperial forces against the Turks . In 1697 , after having ...
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... French under Napoleon , over the united forces of Austria and Russia under their emperors . Population , 3450 . AUSTIN , JOHN , one of the ablest English writers on jurisprudence , was born on the 3d March 1790. At an early age he ...
... French under Napoleon , over the united forces of Austria and Russia under their emperors . Population , 3450 . AUSTIN , JOHN , one of the ablest English writers on jurisprudence , was born on the 3d March 1790. At an early age he ...
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