Bay State Monthly, Volume 4New England Magazine Company, 1891 |
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... course of lectures by Prof. E. N. Horsford , which were delivered in his happiest vein . They treated of the re- cent improvements in cannon , the com- position of gunpowder , the structure of the Monitor , the development of weapons ...
... course of lectures by Prof. E. N. Horsford , which were delivered in his happiest vein . They treated of the re- cent improvements in cannon , the com- position of gunpowder , the structure of the Monitor , the development of weapons ...
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... course the great attraction was to belong ; the battery in which I was to be " But now , alas ! our fondest hopes were. FROM A PAINTING BY WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT - CLASS OF 1844 . Memorial Hall . - Transept . HARVARD COLLEGE DURING THE WAR .
... course the great attraction was to belong ; the battery in which I was to be " But now , alas ! our fondest hopes were. FROM A PAINTING BY WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT - CLASS OF 1844 . Memorial Hall . - Transept . HARVARD COLLEGE DURING THE WAR .
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... course , the hero of the day , and this was to me an important affair . Being well acquainted with my family , he called upon us at our house in Beacon Street , and I had the good luck of meeting him and , more than this , of escorting ...
... course , the hero of the day , and this was to me an important affair . Being well acquainted with my family , he called upon us at our house in Beacon Street , and I had the good luck of meeting him and , more than this , of escorting ...
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... he says that the doctrine of Franklin taught us to " discriminate " and to " foresee . " The course of scientific progress from the ΛΙΑ wholly given up to the study of electrical phenomena 28 EARLY HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY IN AMERICA .
... he says that the doctrine of Franklin taught us to " discriminate " and to " foresee . " The course of scientific progress from the ΛΙΑ wholly given up to the study of electrical phenomena 28 EARLY HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY IN AMERICA .
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... course of her life . She went back to the desk where she had talked . with him , laid her head on her arms , and cried as if her heart would break . en- seen . he should have felt a certain relief at this discovery 56 A MASTER FROM THE ...
... course of her life . She went back to the desk where she had talked . with him , laid her head on her arms , and cried as if her heart would break . en- seen . he should have felt a certain relief at this discovery 56 A MASTER FROM THE ...
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