...chronologies which have been given to the world. It has been prepared with such care as will render it — it is hoped — a trustworthy book of reference....fame ; and of the writings, &c., &c., by which they are chiefly known ; discoveries in every department of science ; and inventions and improvements, mechanical,...

...In the language of the preface, " it contains the dates of events that mark the rise, progress, and decline and fall of states, and the changes in the...subsequent story, with all occurrences of general historic influence, are recorded in it. It further includes the dates of discoveries in every department of...

...and, in addition to the features which it shares in common with most works of a similar character, it contains the dates of the events which mark the...interest, are recorded in it. It further includes the dates of discoveries in every department of Science, and of inventions and improvements, mechanical,...

...public characters in all ages of the world, but gives brief entries of wars, battles, sieges, alliances, treaties of peace, geographical discoveries, the settlement of colonies and their subsequent fortunes ; in a word, of all such occurrences as are of general historic interest. The biographical...

...and abroad in all ages of the world, but gives us brief entries of wars, battles, sieges, alliances, treaties of peace, geographical discoveries, the settlement of colonies and their subsequent foctunes ; in a word, of all such occurrences as are of general historic interest. The biographical...