Chandler's Encyclopedia: An Epitome of Universal Knowledge ...William Henry Chandler Collier, 1898 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... English author ; ed . Scottish Guardian , 1870-77 . He and his son , WM . DAVENPORT , have produced over 100 volumes . Adams , WILLIAM TAYLOR ( " OLIVER OPTIC " ) , b . 1822 . American author of many ju- venile stories . Adam's Needle ...
... English author ; ed . Scottish Guardian , 1870-77 . He and his son , WM . DAVENPORT , have produced over 100 volumes . Adams , WILLIAM TAYLOR ( " OLIVER OPTIC " ) , b . 1822 . American author of many ju- venile stories . Adam's Needle ...
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... English author ; Jewess of Span- Agulhas , CAPE . Southernmost point of Africa . Ahab . Seventh king of Israel , 917-895 B.C .; son of the usurper Omri , and blindly obedient to his Baal - worshiping and persecuting wife , the Syrian ...
... English author ; Jewess of Span- Agulhas , CAPE . Southernmost point of Africa . Ahab . Seventh king of Israel , 917-895 B.C .; son of the usurper Omri , and blindly obedient to his Baal - worshiping and persecuting wife , the Syrian ...
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... English lexicographer . His Latin Dictionary , 1736 , long held a high place . Ainsworth , WILLIAM HARRISON , 1805-1882 . English novel- ist ; ed . New Monthly , 1845. Jack Sheppard , 1839 ; Tower of Lon- don , 1840 . 66 Air . Between ...
... English lexicographer . His Latin Dictionary , 1736 , long held a high place . Ainsworth , WILLIAM HARRISON , 1805-1882 . English novel- ist ; ed . New Monthly , 1845. Jack Sheppard , 1839 ; Tower of Lon- don , 1840 . 66 Air . Between ...
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... English botanist ; author of Hortus Kewensis , 1789. This was enlarged by his son , WILLIAM TOWNSEND , 1766-1849 , who was also director of the Kew Gar - cultural , and cotton is the leading crop , to which all other dens . 28 35 ...
... English botanist ; author of Hortus Kewensis , 1789. This was enlarged by his son , WILLIAM TOWNSEND , 1766-1849 , who was also director of the Kew Gar - cultural , and cotton is the leading crop , to which all other dens . 28 35 ...
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... English novelist of Canadian birth . Recalled to Life , 1891 . Allen , HORATIO , 1802-1889 . Civil engineer , who operated at Honesdale , Pa . , Aug. 8 , 1829 , the first locomotive ever run in America , and built the S. Carolina ...
... English novelist of Canadian birth . Recalled to Life , 1891 . Allen , HORATIO , 1802-1889 . Civil engineer , who operated at Honesdale , Pa . , Aug. 8 , 1829 , the first locomotive ever run in America , and built the S. Carolina ...
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