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... town , Dec. 17 , 1778 , not 1779 ; and that he was christened in Penzance Chapel , his father being Robert Davy , and his mother Grace Millett . Lieut . - Gen . Moutgomerie ( p . 82 of the present number ) died April 18 . E. L. is ...
... town , Dec. 17 , 1778 , not 1779 ; and that he was christened in Penzance Chapel , his father being Robert Davy , and his mother Grace Millett . Lieut . - Gen . Moutgomerie ( p . 82 of the present number ) died April 18 . E. L. is ...
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... town , and turn to the right along the principal street , all within the inclosure , till we arrive at an opening through the mound , the road being continued towards the moor . [ July , prostrate stones , besides the two up- rights ...
... town , and turn to the right along the principal street , all within the inclosure , till we arrive at an opening through the mound , the road being continued towards the moor . [ July , prostrate stones , besides the two up- rights ...
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... town , to vary some of Dr. Priest- ley's experiments on the extrication of oxygen from marine vegetables , to the point of eminence which we all know him to have reached . " It is not necessary for me more than to advert to his ...
... town , to vary some of Dr. Priest- ley's experiments on the extrication of oxygen from marine vegetables , to the point of eminence which we all know him to have reached . " It is not necessary for me more than to advert to his ...
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... town in East Siberia . This would render the variation very little , but still it could not be ascribed to the ima- gined pole lying on the west side of the meridian of Irkutsk . All over the oriental quarter , and considerably be- yond ...
... town in East Siberia . This would render the variation very little , but still it could not be ascribed to the ima- gined pole lying on the west side of the meridian of Irkutsk . All over the oriental quarter , and considerably be- yond ...
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... town of the Moorlands , containing about 5000 in- habitants , the majority of whom are engaged in the silk and ribbon manu- facture , which is here carried on to a great extent . The Church is a hand- some Gothic structure , and in the ...
... town of the Moorlands , containing about 5000 in- habitants , the majority of whom are engaged in the silk and ribbon manu- facture , which is here carried on to a great extent . The Church is a hand- some Gothic structure , and in the ...
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