The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge--, Volume 3, Issue 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844 - Biography |
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... Duke Cosmo , who allowed him a salary of ten scudi per month as a retainer for his services whenever they might be required . But he was then verging upon threescore years and ten , nor did he live to exceed that age , dying shortly ...
... Duke Cosmo , who allowed him a salary of ten scudi per month as a retainer for his services whenever they might be required . But he was then verging upon threescore years and ten , nor did he live to exceed that age , dying shortly ...
Page 494
... Duke de la Force for 12,000 francs . The duke , however , having lost some money by the Mississippi scheme , returned the drawing to Arlaud , with 3000 francs for the use of it . Arlaud afterwards brought it to England , and is said to ...
... Duke de la Force for 12,000 francs . The duke , however , having lost some money by the Mississippi scheme , returned the drawing to Arlaud , with 3000 francs for the use of it . Arlaud afterwards brought it to England , and is said to ...
Page 495
... Duke of Ferrara , as represen- tative of his native city ; and was also secre- tary to Cardinal Alessandro d ' Este . He en- joyed a considerable reputation as a man of letters ; was the friend of Tasso , Guarini , and other ...
... Duke of Ferrara , as represen- tative of his native city ; and was also secre- tary to Cardinal Alessandro d ' Este . He en- joyed a considerable reputation as a man of letters ; was the friend of Tasso , Guarini , and other ...
Page 497
... Duke of Savoy , in 1553. He published many works on medicine , which gained for him a considerable reputation . The following is a list of his works : -1 . On Pleuritis , " De Pleuritide , " Turin , 1548 , 8vo . 2. A work on Poisons ...
... Duke of Savoy , in 1553. He published many works on medicine , which gained for him a considerable reputation . The following is a list of his works : -1 . On Pleuritis , " De Pleuritide , " Turin , 1548 , 8vo . 2. A work on Poisons ...
Page 498
... Duke of Bur- gundy , at the head of 60,000 men , and sup- ported by several revolted cities , commenced his march upon Paris to free the king and the nation from the obnoxious minister . Re- leasing the queen from her captivity , the duke ...
... Duke of Bur- gundy , at the head of 60,000 men , and sup- ported by several revolted cities , commenced his march upon Paris to free the king and the nation from the obnoxious minister . Re- leasing the queen from her captivity , the duke ...
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Page 729 - And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.
Page 485 - ... distribution of the different members of the apparatus into one co-operative body, in impelling each organ with its appropriate delicacy and speed, and above all, in training human beings to renounce their desultory habits of work, and to identify themselves with the unvarying regularity of the complex automaton.
Page 832 - ... fortunes and their own at the end! of the fifteenth, and the beginning of the sixteenth centuries in all the courts of western Europe.
Page 640 - Vincent's valuable work on the " Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, containing an account of the Navigation of the Ancients from the Sea of Suez to the coast of Zanguebar,
Page 492 - He was impatient of whatever interfered with his favourite pursuits; and the fact is too strikingly characteristic not to be mentioned, that he separated from his wife not many years after their marriage because she, convinced that he would starve his family by scheming when he should have been shaving, broke some of his experimental models of machinery.
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Page 481 - It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on five or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder of the day ; and when he wished to weave a piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon, or gown, was necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner.
Page 736 - About this time he wrote a work, entitled " A Discourse: wherein is examined, what is particularly lawfull during the Confusions and Revolutions of Government ; or how farre a man may lawfully conforme to the powers and commands of those who with various successes hold kingdoms divided with civill or forreigne warres, whether it be, 1.
Page 451 - I now told him to come to me at the fort twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening, to teach me other phrases, which I would write down.