Encyclopedias

Encyclopedias

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Encyclopedias

Duke of Istria, marshal of France, born at Languedoc, of humble parentage; rose from the ranks; a friend and one of the ablest officers of Napoleon, and much esteemed by him; distinguished himself in ...

James Brindley

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A mechanician and engineer, born in Derbyshire; bred a millwright; devoted his skill and genius to the construction of canals, under the patronage of the Duke of Bridgewater, as the greatest service ...

James Franck Bright

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Historian, Master of University College, Oxford; author of "English History for the Use of Public Schools," a book of superior literary merit; b. 1832.

Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent

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A French traveller and naturalist (1780-1846).

Jan Ten Brink

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A Dutch writer, distinguished as a critic in the department of belles-lettres; b. 1834.

Joseph Bramah

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An engineer, born in Barnsley, Yorkshire; author of many mechanical inventions, 18 of which were patented, among others the hydraulic press, named after him (1748-1814).

Joseph Black

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A celebrated chemist, born at Bordeaux, of Scotch parents; the discoverer of what has been called latent heat, but what is really transformed energy; professor of Chemistry, first in Glasgow, then in ...