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... invented an alkalimeter , 1816 . The manufacture of alkalies , very extensive in Lancashire and Cheshire , is based on the decomposition of common salt ( chloride of sodium ) by a process invented by a Frenchman named Le Blanc , about ...
... invented an alkalimeter , 1816 . The manufacture of alkalies , very extensive in Lancashire and Cheshire , is based on the decomposition of common salt ( chloride of sodium ) by a process invented by a Frenchman named Le Blanc , about ...
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... invented the double charac- ters e , X , 4 , E , about 1224 B.C .; and Simonides added 2 , Y , H. 2 , about 489 B.C. - Arundelian Marbles . When the E was introduced is not precisely known . The Greek alpha- bet consisted of 16 letters ...
... invented the double charac- ters e , X , 4 , E , about 1224 B.C .; and Simonides added 2 , Y , H. 2 , about 489 B.C. - Arundelian Marbles . When the E was introduced is not precisely known . The Greek alpha- bet consisted of 16 letters ...
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... invented by Columbière in 1639. The armorial bearings of the English sovereigns are given under the article England . Armorial bearings were taxed in 1798 , and again in 1808 . 34 The tax produced 64,5157 . in the year ending 31 March ...
... invented by Columbière in 1639. The armorial bearings of the English sovereigns are given under the article England . Armorial bearings were taxed in 1798 , and again in 1808 . 34 The tax produced 64,5157 . in the year ending 31 March ...
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... invented by George Atwood , described 1784 : he died 11 July , 1807 . Aubaine , a right of the French kings , which exist- 1756. Sir Robert Henley , kut . , afterwards earl of Northington.ed from the beginning of the monarchy , whereby ...
... invented by George Atwood , described 1784 : he died 11 July , 1807 . Aubaine , a right of the French kings , which exist- 1756. Sir Robert Henley , kut . , afterwards earl of Northington.ed from the beginning of the monarchy , whereby ...
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... invented by J. N. Maskelyne and John * Algernon Clarke , exhibited in London , Jan. 1875 . automaton hare was hunted at Hendon , near London , 9 Sept. 1876 . An Autotypography , a process of producing a metal plate from drawings , made ...
... invented by J. N. Maskelyne and John * Algernon Clarke , exhibited in London , Jan. 1875 . automaton hare was hunted at Hendon , near London , 9 Sept. 1876 . An Autotypography , a process of producing a metal plate from drawings , made ...
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