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11Ancient borough — An early historical analysis of cities and boroughs by Robert Brady (1704) …
12The Vatican as a Scientific Institute — The Vatican Palace, as a Scientific Institute † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Vatican Palace, as a Scientific Institute Regarded from the point of view of scientific productivity, the Vatican is the busiest scientific workshop in Rome.… …
13Kinnoull — KINNOULL, a parish, in the county of Perth, ½ a mile (E.) from Perth; containing, with the suburb of Bridgend, and the villages of Balbeggie and Inchyra, 2879 inhabitants, of whom 920 are in the rural districts. This place, which is supposed… …
14West Bengal — a state in E India: formerly part of the province of Bengal. 50,900,000; 33,805 sq. mi. (87,555 sq. km). Cap.: Calcutta. Cf. Bengal (def. 1). * * * State (pop., 2001 prelim.: 80,221,171), northeastern India. It is bordered by Nepal and Bangladesh …
15New South Wales Government Architect — The New South Wales Government Architect is an officer of the New South Wales government. Historically, the government architect was in charge of the state government s public building projects. Today, the Government Architect continues to serve… …
16Taoism — Taoist, n., adj. Taoistic, adj. /dow iz euhm, tow /, n. 1. the philosophical system evolved by Lao tzu and Chuang tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to… …
17Daoism — or Taoism Major Chinese religio philosophical tradition. Though the concept of dao was employed by all Chinese schools of thought, Daoism arose out of the promotion of dao as the social ideal. Laozi is traditionally regarded as the founder of… …
18Barton S. Alexander — Infobox Military Person name=Barton Stone Alexander born= birth date|1819|9|4 died= death date and age|1878|12|15|1819|9|4 placeofbirth=Nicholas County, Kentucky placeofdeath=San Francisco, California placeofburial= San Francisco National… …
19Montrose — MONTROSE, a royal burgh, sea port, and parish, in the county of Forfar; containing 15,096 inhabitants, of whom 13,402 are in the burgh, 21 miles (E. N. E.) from Forfar, and 72 (N. E. by N.) from Edinburgh. This place, anciently called Celurca …
20Leprosy — • A chronic infectious disease caused by the bacillus lepr, characterized by the formation of growths in the skin, mucous membranes, peripheral nerves, bones, and internal viscera, producing various deformities and mutilations of the human body …
