The American oracle, comprehending an account of recent discoveries in the arts and sciences. With a variety of religious, political, physical, and philosophical subjects, necessary to be known in all families, for the promotion of their present felicity and future happiness / By the Honourable Samuel Stearns.

  • Stearns, Samuel, 1741-1809.
Date:
1791
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Credit: The American oracle, comprehending an account of recent discoveries in the arts and sciences. With a variety of religious, political, physical, and philosophical subjects, necessary to be known in all families, for the promotion of their present felicity and future happiness / By the Honourable Samuel Stearns. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Anno Domini The Jews all banifhed out of Judea ; 580,000 deftroyed by the Romans - 135. Judin writes his fird Apology for the Chridians 139 Ptolomicus Geographus lived - 140 Galenicus Medicus lived - - 143 Arrianus Kidoricus lived - - 145 Antoninus Philofophus lived - 161 Oppianus Poeta - - - 217 Purgatory invented - - 250 Silk fird brought from India to Europe 274 Condantine the Great began to reign 306 Cardinals fird began - - 308 The Chridian Religion tolerated by Condan- tine - - 3J3 The fird general council at Nice - 325 St. Martin lived - - - 363 Bells invented by Bifhop Paulinus, of Campag- nia - 400 Rome taken by Alerie, king of the Vifi-Goths 41 o The Romans evacuate Britain - - 426 Socrates, an hidorian, lived - - - 435 Chridianity introduced into Britain by the Romans - - - 477 The Chridian Religion introduced in France 496 The do&rine of purgatory introduced 411 Dionyfius, a monk, introduces the computing of time by the Chridian aera - 516 The manufacturing of filk introduced in Eu- rope - - - 551 A terrible plague continues near 50 years all over Europe, Ada, and Africa - 557 Latin ceafes to be fpoke in Italy - 580 Augudin, a monk (with 40 more) comes into England ■- 596 B 2 The