A General Biographical Dictionary, 2. köideWhittaker and Company, 1835 |
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... principal adversary , in a state that year , being cut down by a blow from a of disgrace from which he never emerged Lochaber axe , in sight of his own house . A during the life of Henry . With his imme- singular story is told of his ...
... principal adversary , in a state that year , being cut down by a blow from a of disgrace from which he never emerged Lochaber axe , in sight of his own house . A during the life of Henry . With his imme- singular story is told of his ...
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... principal characters who flourished under Louis XIV and his im- 46 " GASETLIER ( RENE GEORGES ) a physi- cian , was born at Ferrières in Gâtinais , in 1741 . He early devoted himself to the study of physic , which he practised at the ...
... principal characters who flourished under Louis XIV and his im- 46 " GASETLIER ( RENE GEORGES ) a physi- cian , was born at Ferrières in Gâtinais , in 1741 . He early devoted himself to the study of physic , which he practised at the ...
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... principal instrument in making this work public , cannot be disputed ; but how far he may be deemed the author of it , or in how great a degree it may have origi- nated with the king , has been a subject of much controversy . The ...
... principal instrument in making this work public , cannot be disputed ; but how far he may be deemed the author of it , or in how great a degree it may have origi- nated with the king , has been a subject of much controversy . The ...
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... principal work , entitled- " Causes astronomy of the ancients ; and described Célebres , " is more remarkable for its length chemical instruments and operations with than its merit , being in twenty volumes , 12mo . greater accuracy ...
... principal work , entitled- " Causes astronomy of the ancients ; and described Célebres , " is more remarkable for its length chemical instruments and operations with than its merit , being in twenty volumes , 12mo . greater accuracy ...
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... principal performances in England were the velles Méthodes pour la determination des ceilings of Greenwich and York house . On Orbites de Cometes ; " " Supplement à the death of the king , when his collection of l'Essai sur la Théorie ...
... principal performances in England were the velles Méthodes pour la determination des ceilings of Greenwich and York house . On Orbites de Cometes ; " " Supplement à the death of the king , when his collection of l'Essai sur la Théorie ...
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