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Edwards, Jonathan
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...Angry God (1741), delivered during the Great Awakening of the 1740s, was a rhetorical masterpiece illustrating the uncertainty...congregants for backsliding so rapidly. Beginning in the early 1740s, a series of events alienated Edwards from his flock, including...
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Moravian Brethren
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...of several communities. In addition, during the 1730s and 1740s the practice of drawing lots to make decisions and the social...Brethren to set up communities in his territory in the early 1740s. The presence of noble members and patrons with ties to European...
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smallpox
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
...of war or famine , as for example during the 1640s and early 1740s, smallpox ravaged the country. Between 1661 and 1745 smallpox...the rapid growth in Irish population in the century after the 1740s remains controversial. Elizabeth Malcolm
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Gardiner
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
...involved in urban building projects from as early as 1712. In the 1740s and 1750s he was responsible, with his son Charles, for the...became central Dublin. O'Connell Street, constructed in the 1740s, was originally called Gardiner's Mall. He further enhanced...
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Zabdiel Boylston
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...of note. He corresponded with his European friends, inoculated occasionally when epidemics broke out, and retired in the 1740s. He spent his last years raising horses. He died March 1, 1766, after several years of pulmonary illness. Further Reading...
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SIC 3675 Electronic Capacitors
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...distinguish voltage polarity nor amplify a signal. The first capacitor was the Leyden jar, invented independently in the mid-1740s by both Ewald Georg von Kleist and Pieter van Musschenbroek. A glass jar acted as the insulating material. M. Bauer developed...
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Capability Brown
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...streams, and sylvan lakes. Brown began as a young gardener to the gentry and, working at the famous gardens at Stowe during the 1740s, became a disciple of William Kent . In 1749 he became a consulting gardener and earned his nickname by often telling clients...
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British Empire
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...The early 18th cent. saw a reorganization and revitalization of many of the old chartered companies. In India, from the 1740s to 1763, the British East India Company and its French counterpart were engaged in a military and commercial rivalry in which...
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Smith, Robert
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...james madison. Smith's father, John Smith, a native of Strabane, Ireland, immigrated to the American colonies in the 1740s. By 1759, he was living in Baltimore and had established himself as a merchant and shipping agent. In 1766, he financed...
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Elizabeth (Russia) (1709–1762; Ruled 1741–1762)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...an updated body of fundamental law. Under Elizabeth, Russia's export economy blossomed, which, beginning in the early 1740s, systematically expanded the sale of agricultural goods abroad. She also took steps to facilitate a unified domestic market...
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