CHAMBERS'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA: A DICTIONARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE. IN TEN VOLUMES. VOL. II.1872 |
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... Paris , cast in 1300 , weighed 15,000 pounds ; another Paris bell , cast in 1472 , weighed 25,000 ; the famous bell of Rouen , cast in 1501 , weighed 36,364 pounds . The largest bell in the world is the Great Bell or Monarch of Moscow ...
... Paris , cast in 1300 , weighed 15,000 pounds ; another Paris bell , cast in 1472 , weighed 25,000 ; the famous bell of Rouen , cast in 1501 , weighed 36,364 pounds . The largest bell in the world is the Great Bell or Monarch of Moscow ...
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... Paris . He died 12th July 1664 . BELLADO'N NA , DWALE , or DEADLY NIGHTSHADE ( A'tropa Belladonna ) , a plant of the natural order Solanaceae ( q . v . ) ; an herbaceous perennial , growing up every year as a bush , from two to six feet ...
... Paris . He died 12th July 1664 . BELLADO'N NA , DWALE , or DEADLY NIGHTSHADE ( A'tropa Belladonna ) , a plant of the natural order Solanaceae ( q . v . ) ; an herbaceous perennial , growing up every year as a bush , from two to six feet ...
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... Paris , and that he was that he was a professor in the university , and an employed in a diplomatic capacity by Queen Mary , and also by her son , who conferred on him the honorary appointment of Master of Requests . first work ...
... Paris , and that he was that he was a professor in the university , and an employed in a diplomatic capacity by Queen Mary , and also by her son , who conferred on him the honorary appointment of Master of Requests . first work ...
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... Paris , and enclosed by the new fortifications . It has manu- factories of cashmeres , varnished leather , articles of polished steel , chemical stuffs , & c . There are springs at B. which have supplied Paris with water from a very ...
... Paris , and enclosed by the new fortifications . It has manu- factories of cashmeres , varnished leather , articles of polished steel , chemical stuffs , & c . There are springs at B. which have supplied Paris with water from a very ...
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... Paris , 18th obtained a decided success by his tragedy of Zelmire . March 1826 , and educated at Rochefort , in the In 1765 , appeared Le Siége de Calais , which was Naval School . In the French expedition against mation ; and in 1771 ...
... Paris , 18th obtained a decided success by his tragedy of Zelmire . March 1826 , and educated at Rochefort , in the In 1765 , appeared Le Siége de Calais , which was Naval School . In the French expedition against mation ; and in 1771 ...
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