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Audubon
Audubon borough (1990 pop. 9,205), Camden co., SW N.J., a suburb of Camden; inc. 1905. Audubon is mostly residential. It was named after John James Audubon , the ornithologist, who studied the birds of the area in 1829. ... Read more
concertina
concertina , musical instrument whose tone is produced by free reeds. It was invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1829. It is a chromatic instrument similar to the accordion , but its bellows are attached to hexagonal blocks having handles and buttons (finger pistons), and it is smaller. It is mai... Read more
Thomas Crofton Croker
Thomas Crofton Croker 1798-1854, Irish antiquary, b. Cork. One of the first to collect Irish folklore, he compiled Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland (1825-28), Legends of the Lakes (1829), and Popular Songs of Ireland (1837). ... Read more
John Forsyth
John Forsyth 1780-1841, American cabinet member, b. Fredericksburg, Va. He began law practice in Augusta, Va., and was in the House of Representatives from 1813 until his election to the Senate in 1818. In Feb., 1819, he resigned to become minister to Spain. After serving again in the House of Repr... Read more
Treaty of Adrianople
Treaty of Adrianople also called Treaty of Edirne, 1829, peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire (see Russo-Turkish Wars ). Turkey gave Russia access to the mouths of the Danube and additional territory on the Black Sea, opened the Dardanelles to all commercial vessels, granted autonomy... Read more
Bainbridge
Bainbridge city (1990 pop. 10,712), seat of Decatur co., SW Ga., on the Flint River; inc. 1829. It grew up around a fort, used by Andrew Jackson, that was constructed during the Indian Wars of 1817-1821. The city is a trade and industrial center as well as an inland port and barge terminal. Industr... Read more
Edward White Benson
Edward White Benson 1829-96, archbishop of Canterbury, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was appointed (1877) the first bishop of Truro, and in 1882 he was appointed archbishop of Canterbury. His clerical writings include Cyprian (1897) and Apocalypse (1900). Three of his four sons bec... Read more
Allan Cunningham
Allan Cunningham 1784-1842, Scottish author. His collection of The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern (4 vol., 1825) included his own "A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea," one of the best-known sea ballads. His six-volume Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects a... Read more
Philip Doddridge
Philip Doddridge 1702-51, English nonconformist minister and noted hymn writer. His Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul (1745) has been much translated. His many hymns include "Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve" and "O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice." Doddridge's Correspondence ... Read more
Shakhty
Shakhty , city (1989 pop. 226,000), SW European Russia; a major anthracite-mining center of the Donets Basin. Industrial products include iron, clothing, brewed beverages, and footwear. Shakhty, founded in 1829 as a coal-mining settlement, was known as Aleksandrov-Grushevski until 1920. In 1928 a ... Read more

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Hauffe, Frederica (1801-1829)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Hauffe, Frederica (1801-1829) "The Seeress of Prevorst," as described in Die Seherin von Prevorst (1829) by Justinus Kerner. Hauffe was born...and died within a few months. In January 1829 Hauffe, in trance state, announced that...
Doten, Elizabeth (1829-1913)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Doten, Elizabeth (1829-1913) American inspirational speaker considered the greatest female...nineteenth century. She was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, April 1, 1829. For many years she spoke from the platform under what she claimed to...
Symmes, John Cleves (1780-1829)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Symmes, John Cleves (1780-1829) Born November 5, 1780, Symmes was a captain in the U.S. Army...s story "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym." Symmes died May 28, 1829, at the early age of 49, but his theories were revived by his son...
Compton, Elizabeth J. (1829- ?)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Compton, Elizabeth J. (1829- ?) A washerwoman of Havanah, New York, and mother of nine children who in 1875, at age 45, was discovered to be a powerful...
Smith, Richard Penn
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...Street Theatre in 1828, followed by The Eighth of January (1829); The Disowned; or, The Prodigals (1829); A Wife at a Venture (1929); The Sentinels; or, The Two Sergeants (1829); and William Penn (1829). Many students consider his...
Nominations and Succession of the Justices
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...Dec. 1798 C 20 Dec. 1798 4 Feb. 1799 D 26 Nov. 1829 31 Alfred Moore 4 Dec. 1799 C 10 Dec. 1799 21...x2013;5) John Crittenden 17 Dec. 1828 P 12 Feb. 1829 Jackson John McLean 6 Mar. 1829 C 7 Mar. 1829 11 Jan. 1830 D 4 Apr. 1861 32 Henry...
Vicente Guerrero
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...revolutionist and president (Apr.-Dec., 1829). He fought under the command of Morelos...successful revolution and was made president (1829). In his administration the Spanish invaders...driven back by Santa Anna. In Dec., 1829, Anastasio Bustamante, the vice president...
Trail of Tears
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...laws and a constitution. Between 1819 and 1829 the Cherokees developed an independent...discovery of gold in Cherokee country in 1829 the State of Georgia increased the pressure...the Cherokee. President Andrew Jackson (1829 – 1837) signed the Indian Removal...
Hollow Earth
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained ...expedition. However, when Adams left office in 1829, his successor, Andrew Jackson (1767...the proposed expedition. Symmes died in 1829, but his cause was continued by Jeremiah...government funding for the expedition in 1829, Reynolds joined a crew sailing to the...
Great Game
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...the Caucasus, and the Himalayas from 1829 until Nasrullah Khan, emir of Bokhara...Russo-Turkish War (1828 – 1829) all further aroused British suspicion...Practicability of an Invasion of India (1829). British spies and military advisers...

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Chopin, Fryderyk
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...as full-time mus. student, leaving in 1829. While student, wrote Krakowiak Rondo. In 1829 comp. his conc. in F minor and gave 2 concerts...11 (1830); No.2 in F minor, Op.21 (1829–30); Variations on Là...
Jackson, Charles Thomas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...dissertation on paruria mellita, and in 1829 he was “ authorized to give instruction...at Harvard College. He was graduated in 1829. Jackson ’ s interest in geology...and he returned again in in the summer of 1829 to geologize. His observations were published...
Lesson, René-Primevère
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...four years of leave in Paris from 1825 to 1829 were his most productive scientifically...corvette du Roi la coquille... (Paris, 1829); Zoologie du voyage autour du monde... (Paris, 1829), written with P. Garnot, and with F...
Johnson, Manuel John
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...twice to Cape Town, in 1825 and again in 1829, to get advice from Fearon Fallows, then...observatory on St. Helena was completed in 1829. During the next four years Johnson made...Observatory, St. Helena, From November 1829 to April 1833 (London, 1935) and Astronomical...
Rossini, Gioachino Antonio
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...operas for Paris, incl. Guillaume Tell (1829). Appointed composer to King Charles...Le Comte Ory (1828); Guillaume Tell (1829).CANTATAS: Il pianto d'armonia...Lord Byron (1823); Il serto votivo (1829).SACRED MUSIC: Messa di gloria (1820...
Mitchell, Elisha
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Region of North Carolina, ” ibid ., 16 (1829), 1 – 19, 17 (1829) 400; “ On the Effect of Quantity of...Chemical Attraction, ” ibid ., 16 (1829), 234 – 242; “ On a Substitute...
Schumann, Robert (Alexander)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...father Friedrich he went for pf. lessons in 1829, lodging with him and beginning to compose...A (1842); pf. qts.: in C minor (1829), in E♭, Op.47 (1842...Op.1 (1830); Papillons , Op.2 (1829–31); 12 Concert Studies on...
Litke, Fyodor Petrovich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Spitsbergen and Novaya Zemlya. In 1826-1829 Litke commanded the sloop Senyavin , on...x201C; Senyavin ” v 1826-1829 godakh ( “ A Trip Around the World in the Military Sloop Senyavin in 1826-1829 ” ), 3 vols. (St. Petersburg...
Muncke, Georg Wilhelm
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...1809) and Handbuch der Naturlehre (1829 – 1830). Muncke also collaborated...der Naturlehre , 2 vols. (Heidelberg, 1829 – 1830); Physicalische Abhandlungen...Beobachtungen, ” ibid ., 17 (1829), 159 – 176. Bibliographies...
Plateau, Joseph Antoine Ferdinand
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...received his docteur è s sciences in 1829 and the following year returned to Brussels...This was apparently the result of an 1829 experiment in physiological optics, during...from, the retina. In his dissertation (1829) Plateau showed, among other things...

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Dianulites Eichwald, 1829: An unusual Ordovician bryozoan with a high-magnesium calcite skeleton
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...stenolaemate bryozoan Dianulites Eichwald, 1829, has been studied using ultrathin sections...Dianulites, D. fastigiatus Eichwald, 1829, is revised and recorded for the first...incertae sedis. Dianulites Eichwald, 1829, is one of the most species-rich of...
As recently as 1829...
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 12/16/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Diffusion of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1829 in a bookseller's catalogue I snapped...then washed by the tide of reform. In 1829, Cornwall still sent its scores of MPs...editing The Spectator, please note); in 1829, Cambridge was represented by Palmerston...
Loyalism in Ireland 1789-1829
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; Loyalism in Ireland 1789-1829. By Allan Blackstock. [Irish Historical Monograph Series...to the admission of Catholics to sit in Parliament in 1829. Loyalism in Ireland, 1789-1829, is not without its limitations, but it is greatly advanced...
The keepsake for 1829. (reprint, 1829).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2007; 408 words ; 1551115859 The keepsake for 1829. (reprint, 1829) Ed. by Frederic Mansel Reynolds. Broadview Press 2006 360...U. of South Carolina) offers a facsimile edition of the 1829 issue of the British literary annual The Keepsake, which ran...
DISPATCHES FROM THE 'CRYSTAL DESERT' IN 1829, AN ALBANY MAN MADE HIS WAY TO ANTARTICA AND HIS WAY INTO THE RECORD BOOKS. BUT EVEN TODAY, HE GETS NO RESPECT.(Life & Leisure)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/11/1993; 700+ words ; Byline: PAUL GRONDAHL Staff writer In 1829, going from Albany to Altamont was an...from Albany to Antarctica, which, in 1829, was a vast, mysterious continent of...those who tried to probe its secrets. In 1829, James Eights of Albany, the 31- year...
Catholics in Britain and Ireland, 1558-1829
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Catholics in Britain and Ireland, 1558-1829. By Michael A. Mullett. [Social History...of view of survival. The difference in 1829 is not that the Roman Church had become...1640,1640-1745, and then 1745-1829, beginning each section with England and...
Catholics in Britain and Ireland, 1558-1829.
Magazine article from: Church History; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Catholics in Britain and Ireland, 1558-1829. By Michael A. Mullett. Social History...in England to Catholic Emancipation in 1829 will be disappointed. In fact, this book...ca. 1558-ca. 1640-ca. 1745-ca. 1829), and three chapters, each with two...
Currie, David P.: The Constitution in Congress: Descent into the Maelstrom, 1829-1861.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Perspectives on Political Science; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Congress: Descent into the Maelstrom, 1829-1861 Chicago: University of Chicago...Congress: Descent into the Maelstrom, 1829-1861 represents the fourth volume of...on the second half of the period between 1829 and 1861, when disagreements over slavery...
Was it an accident, or did you planet? (new planet discovery orbiting star PSR 1829-10)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 7/27/1991; 700+ words ; ...two make some neutron stars, such as PSR 1829-10, the one around which this planet...this week's Nature, the pulses from PSR 1829-10 oscillate in frequency. If the oscillations...close orbits, like the one around PSR 1829-10, would be within the outer reaches...
A Frigate of king george: Life and duty on a British Man-of-War 1807-1829. (Reviews).(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 11/1/2001; 700+ words ; ...Duty on a British Man-of-War 1807-1829. Brian Vale. I.B. Tauris. [pounds...HMS Doris in the years between 1807 and 1829. The book describes 'the everyday lives...HMS Doris in the years between 1807 and 1829. The book describes 'the everyday lives...