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The Laboratory At Orange And The Staff

In Edison, His Life and Inventions

Read by Alec Daitsman

Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin and Frank Lewis Dyer

A detailed biography of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of such things as the telephone, the microphone, the electric motor, the storage batter…

Chapter XLIX: Conquest of Italy by the Franks Pt. I

In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. V

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Edward Gibbon

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

Haren-al-Raschid

In Famous Men of the Middle Ages

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John H. Haaren and A.B. Poland and John Henry Haaren

“THE study of history, like the study of a landscape, should begin with the most conspicuous features. Not until these have been fixed in me…

The Fabii

In Famous Men of Rome

Read by Alec Daitsman

John H. Haaren and A. B. Poland and John Henry Haaren

Biographical sketches of the men of Rome, written for children. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)

Henry of Navarre

In Famous Men of Modern Times

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John H. Haaren and A. B. Poland and John Henry Haaren

Famous Men of Modern Times is a series of biographical sketches written for the purpose of making the study of history lively and interestin…