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... Royal College of Chemistry , under Professor Hofmann . Having received the appointment of junior assistant at that college in 1846 , he was promoted to the post of senior assistant , which he held a few years . In 1849 he commenced the ...
... Royal College of Chemistry , under Professor Hofmann . Having received the appointment of junior assistant at that college in 1846 , he was promoted to the post of senior assistant , which he held a few years . In 1849 he commenced the ...
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... royal sympathy , Acuña proceeded to Rome as procurator of the Jesuits ; served some time in Spain as censor of the Inquisi- tion , and eventually returned to South America . He was living in Lima in 1675 , and died there probably ...
... royal sympathy , Acuña proceeded to Rome as procurator of the Jesuits ; served some time in Spain as censor of the Inquisi- tion , and eventually returned to South America . He was living in Lima in 1675 , and died there probably ...
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... royal Danish provost of Pinneburg and Altona , and chief pastor to the Lutheran Church at Altona . He died Nov. 2 , 1804. Adler was a conscientious pastor and a learned theologian , but is now best known as an erudite archæo- 1781 ...
... royal Danish provost of Pinneburg and Altona , and chief pastor to the Lutheran Church at Altona . He died Nov. 2 , 1804. Adler was a conscientious pastor and a learned theologian , but is now best known as an erudite archæo- 1781 ...
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... Royal Painted most widely from Ainsworth's peculiar views : Annotations on Glass Manufactory , Munich ; and from that time he has laboured the Five Books of Moses , the Psalms , and the Song of Songs . ' continuously to improve the ...
... Royal Painted most widely from Ainsworth's peculiar views : Annotations on Glass Manufactory , Munich ; and from that time he has laboured the Five Books of Moses , the Psalms , and the Song of Songs . ' continuously to improve the ...
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... royal decree from Madrid , retired Barcelona , who had conceived a great admiration for his talents July 13th , 1814 , to Catalonia . In 1816 he obtained permission and industry . Amat's stature at this time was prodigious ; at to ...
... royal decree from Madrid , retired Barcelona , who had conceived a great admiration for his talents July 13th , 1814 , to Catalonia . In 1816 he obtained permission and industry . Amat's stature at this time was prodigious ; at to ...
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