Encyclopædia 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, 7. köideFrancis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Carey, Lea & Carey, 1831 |
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... Louis , cutting off a bend in the river , and avoiding the rapids of St. Louis . Cost , £ 220,000 ; for sloop navigation . - L'Isle Perrault canal is a projected work of five miles in length , from St. Louis lake , at the foot of St ...
... Louis , cutting off a bend in the river , and avoiding the rapids of St. Louis . Cost , £ 220,000 ; for sloop navigation . - L'Isle Perrault canal is a projected work of five miles in length , from St. Louis lake , at the foot of St ...
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... same below the rapids , near Portland . Distance , by the bend of the riv- er , three miles ; constructed by the Louis- ville and Portland canal company , which was incorporated in 1825. The canal is for the passage INLAND NAVIGATION . 23.
... same below the rapids , near Portland . Distance , by the bend of the riv- er , three miles ; constructed by the Louis- ville and Portland canal company , which was incorporated in 1825. The canal is for the passage INLAND NAVIGATION . 23.
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... Louis- ville , and is connected with the river at its upper end . From the lower part of this basin , the canal traverses the point formed by the bend of the river at the falls , and reënters the river at Shippingsport . The bottom is ...
... Louis- ville , and is connected with the river at its upper end . From the lower part of this basin , the canal traverses the point formed by the bend of the river at the falls , and reënters the river at Shippingsport . The bottom is ...
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... Louis XIV , the vainest of monarchs , would not yield to so just a claim , occupied Avignon , and imprisoned the papal nuncio in France ; in consequence of which the au- thority , and particularly the acknowledg- ment of the ...
... Louis XIV , the vainest of monarchs , would not yield to so just a claim , occupied Avignon , and imprisoned the papal nuncio in France ; in consequence of which the au- thority , and particularly the acknowledg- ment of the ...
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... Louis XIV was the first who carried this design into execution . Be- tween 1671 and 1679 , he erected a splen- did hospital at Paris , in the suburb of St. Germain . A church , a department for the sick , a governor , and other officers ...
... Louis XIV was the first who carried this design into execution . Be- tween 1671 and 1679 , he erected a splen- did hospital at Paris , in the suburb of St. Germain . A church , a department for the sick , a governor , and other officers ...
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